What "state" are you in?

TOPIC: Prayer

SCRIPTURE: "...but I am in prayer." (Ps. 109:4)

OBSERVATION: Inspite of seemingly everything coming against David, when he could have been in a state of denial, fear, or hoplessness, he makes a choice to enter into a conversation with the One who sees and knows every, single, little detail surrounding the situation in which he finds himself.

APPLICATION: David did not consider prayer to be an avenue to simply come and dump all his junk. For him, it surely wasn't a one way street. If you will recall our reading from Sunday (I Sam. 23), you will get a glimpse of what David had in mind when it comes to prayer. In verse 2 we see him inquiring of the Lord and the Lord answering, and in verse 4 he inquires of the Lord and the Lord answered. Later in verse 10, David once again speaks to the Lord and again the Lord answers him. It appears that for David, prayer was an ongoing conversation with a trusted friend. For him prayer was a lifestyle, not an event.

I have three wonderful little girls and they have a tendency to ask me A LOT of questions.

Guess what?

They actually expect me to answer them, and if I don't they are so bold that they ask again. Because there's a real relationship.

Question: Could your current practices of talking to God be used with any other person in your life resulting in a healthy relationship?

PRAYER: Father God, thank you, that David's example of a lifestyle of prayer can be mine. And thank you so very much for the way you've used my three little girls to teach me about prayer! Help me to daily follow their example, by talking to you at least as much as they talk to me. Help me to live in their state of expectancy knowing that you not only want to speak to me but you do.