We need to watch our language when we talk about prayer. Prayer does not change things. God changes things. Prayer does not have power—God has power. Prayer is just asking God for Him to act.
There is one thing that prayer does change, though—and that is us. We change when we pray. The purpose of prayer is not just to change the things we pray about, but to become new people when we pray.
Donald Whitner makes the point that if we want to be like Christ, then we need to be like him, not in the moment of crisis or big decisions, but in the routine moments of His life. We need to wake up like Christ, go to bed like Christ, and prepare for new tasks the way Christ did, with prayer. Christ was the Son of God, yet He needed to pray about anything and everything, not just for answers, but to remain with his heavenly Father. It is vitally important that we draw close to Him if we are going to live like Him.
The biggest decisions in your life are not who you will marry, what you will do for a living, what education you will pursue or what church you will attend. The greatest decisions in your life are how you will get up in the morning, how you go to bed at night, whether to thank God for your blessings, and whether to pray over your day. These decisions bring you closer to your Heavenly Father, and when you are right with Him, He will help you with all things.
Father, help me live, move, and die in You. Let my moments be filled with thoughts of you. Let my days and nights resonate with your glory. Let me seek you above money, fame, sex, or life itself. Let you be my all in all, and so let me change into Your likeness. In Jesus’ name, Amen.of
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