I find myself praying a lot lately. I'm praying that the right things will happen, that I will be patient with the Lord, that a friend's house will sell, that I will trust my authorities.
I also find that the things I pray are not necessarily the desires of my heart. I don't want the "right things" to happen...I want my way. I don't want to be patient...I want decisions now. I don't want my friend's house to sell...because that means she'll move away. I don't want to trust my authorities...what if they make the wrong decision?
I also find that as I pray for God's will, not mine, there is great peace there. God is sovreign. I know that's true. If I really, really believe that, then I can trust that He knows the right way to answer my prayers. So, I pray His will instead of my own.
Maybe that's what the psalmist meant when he penned these words:
Delight yourself also in the Lord, And he shall give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4
Maybe He's changing my desires as I pray in obedience.
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After these things the Lord appointed seventy others also, and sent them two by two before His face into every city and place where He Himself was about to go. Then He said to them, "The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest." ~Luke 10:1-2
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