Pray About ANYTHING
This morning I woke and went about my normal routine. I started my cup of coffee, switched over a load of laundry, unloaded the dishwasher, and then sat to rest, coffee in hand. The kiddos were still sleeping as summer days are upon us and I savored every sip, every moment as I prepared to start my day.
One by one, the kids woke up. All requesting breakfast, and each breakfast different. A concept some may disagree with, but one that my mom always accommodated along with her mom before her. My sweet boy was the first to wake and his request was blueberry muffins. Quite big for a 9 AM task, but one that I allowed as I'm in my final days of summer before I start my new job. As I gathered all of the necessary utensils and ingredients, among them was a can-opener. A known enemy of mine in the Mendez home, as I can almost never get the thing to work as I need it to. But, a tradition with said can-opener has come about over the years. One that I think of and giggle, but one that does the job every time. Upon each use, usually, after I have tried and failed for an embarrassing amount of time, I pray. Yes, you read that correctly, I pray - asking Jesus to help me with the can-opener that I cannot seem to master. And you know what happens every time? It works. It miraculously attaches to the can of blueberries and I am home-free. Some may laugh and dismiss it as a coincidence because God doesn't worry Himself with things like the functionality of can-openers, and you may be right, but He does bother Himself with things that bother me.
We do that, don't we? Try to determine for ourselves what God prioritizes. Why would He bother to answer prayers about my janky can-opener when there are people starving in the world, and cancer running rampant? The answer is simple: He loves me. He needs me to trust Him with the big things as well as the small. If I can consider JESUS in the mundane instances like baking muffins, I'm much more likely to consider Him in moments when I feel like I can't press on. This is the God we serve. He's a God that no doubt laughs a lot at our efforts to do things alone and fail with incredible fashion. He's a God that desperately desires that we pray as we reach for the can-opener, not after we've become frustrated with its inability to do the one task that it's been assigned to.
Philippians 4:6 says "Be anxious for NOTHING, but in EVERYTHING by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God, and the peace of God which passes all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds through Christ Jesus."
Y'all…He wants it all. He doesn't say bring some of it. He doesn't say make a list of your requests and bring Him the top 5, He says bring EVERYTHING to Him. He wants you to pause as you reach into the utensil drawer (if you're a crazy person like me). He wants you not to hesitate when your anxiety rises and you feel like you should pray but don't want to burden Him with it again. He wants the little, the big, and all of the in-between stuff, too. He wants you to tell Him everything, and ask Him for anything. Sure, sometimes the answer will be "no", but every single time He is faithful and working it all out for your good. (Romans 8:28)
My prayer for you this week is that you lean into Him without considering whether your burdens are worthy of His time. He longs for intimate time with you. I once heard it said that "vulnerability is the on-ramp to intimacy." Read that again. The reality is that whether you choose vulnerability or allow Him to watch from a distance, He sees it all. But just as we have to watch our little ones struggle alone until they ask for help, He's also a Father that desperately desires your trust. Lean into Him sister. Lift your requests believing that He is in your corner.
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