lose control.

100% of the prayers we don't pray won't get answered.

Such a profound & true statement.  I've been reading a book by Mark Batterson called The Prayer Circle & following his 40 day devotional called Draw the Circle.  Both are incredible & you should definitely check them out if you're looking for something that'll change your life.  I have underlined & written down so many quotes from the books it's ridiculous.

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So, the thing is, I feel like we get so caught up with the worries of this world, that we don't even realize we're trying to control our own lives instead of allowing the Lord to.  We try to do things faster, or easier, or better.  But we always find that when we do that, when we try to do God's job for Him, it's unbearable.  Haven't we learned that when we try to make things go faster, we usually slow things down?  When we try to make things easier, we make them harder?  We don't trust Him like we should. 

We are all looking, searching, and waiting on something.  You talk about it to your friends & think about it all the time.  It might even completely consume your thoughts & your conversations.   And most likely, you try to figure out how to make it happen asap.

But, have you prayed about it as much as you've talked about it? 

I'm not sure if you were aware but, prayer is powerful.  And when you pray, things happen. 

Batterson really put things into perspective for me with one of his analogies:

You are on a planet that is rotating on its axis at 1,000 miles per hour.  Planet Earth is moving around the sun at speeds approaching 67,000 miles per hour! 

We don't doubt God's ability to keep the planets in orbit, 

but have a difficult time believing He can keep our lives in orbit.

I mean, really!  When is the last time you prayed, "Oh thank you Jesus for keeping the planets in orbit.  I really wasn't sure about that today, whew, but you really came through!"  Like c'mon!  He's orbiting planets & we can't even trust Him with ours lives?

Proverbs 16:9 says, "In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps." 

Don't try to do God's job for him.  Make it easier on yourself & allow Him to work in your life.  Run after Him & seek Him in all that you do, and everything else falls into place.

We underestimate the power of prayer but it can truly be life changing if we allow it to be.  If we already trust God for the big things, like rotating Earth, then it's time we trust him to do the little things too!