Got Milk?

OK, so I wanted to start this blog out with something really clever like, "Got prayer?" But then it made me wonder if you could have a prayer mustache. Thankfully, no. But let's take those two very random (I agree) thoughts and see if they'll take us anywhere worthwhile. Seems iffy, I know.

Got prayer?

It does do a body good, but I'm sure it's not something you have, like a good luck charm or special skill. It isn't a vending machine that, if you press G and then 5, will produce your desired outcome - namely a package of Oreos. Now I do need milk! It's just totally not about you, really. And isn't that a good thing. Because if it were about me - if I were talking to myself and depending on my performance or abilities - I would be in serious trouble.

Thank goodness that prayer is two way communication with the Holy God who created the universe and still desires relationship with us today.

Prayer mustache?

I'm also sure that prayer doesn't leave you with that smirky smile you see in the ads as if feeling somehow superior. I do hope it leaves a mark (hopefully not a mustache). If it does, it should be the mark of humility.

I recently read Psalm 139 with fresh spiritual eyes. Ever had that happen? You open to a scripture thinking, "Oh, I've read this lots of times, I think I know this already." Ha! (And, not very humble, either.) Anyway, I started reading and came across verse 16 which says,

"All the days ordained for me were written in your book before
one of them came to be."

Wow! He already knows what every day of my life will look like all the way through to the end before any of them ever happened! Ok, I knew that before, but now check out the next verse.

"How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them."

I had never connected those two verses together. You know, if He already knows all my days, shouldn't His thoughts on what will fill my plate today be precious to me? As I make decisions, do I ask for His leading and expect an answer? Are His thoughts precious to me? Do I wait until I hear from Him?


That is humility, realizing that I am not the one in control or in the center of the universe. That is prayer, putting priority on approaching the throne of God and asking the One who is sovereign and good to allow you just a little bit of the vast sum of His thoughts. It brings us peace to know He is so far above us. So much more mighty. That does my body good.


During May we observe the National Day of Prayer. Thank goodness that the "vast sum" of thoughts that God has includes the plans He holds for our nation. I hope that every day is a day of prayer for us, because we shouldn't attempt to go through a single day on our own strength when we have the opportunity to have a relationship with and communicate with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.