Look to God in Prayer
Read: Philippians 4:1-13
Starting when I was just a baby, and continuing throughout my early childhood, my parents would sing me a lullaby prayer each night to the tune of “Edelweiss” singing, “May the lord, mighty Lord, bless and keep you forever. Grant you peace, perfect peace, courage for ever and ever.” Before I could even fully understand the words, my parents set aside a time to pray to God. As I grew a little older, my parents also taught my siblings and me to say grace at every meal. We would pray, “Bless O’ Lord, this food to our use, and us in thy service through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.” I was taught at a very young age to praise and thank God for what I was receiving, and to use it to give to others. Even to this day, Autumn and I say one of the graces that we were taught by our families at every meal. For as far back as I can remember I was taught to set aside time to go to God in prayer. No matter what else was happening around me, I was taught to find time to seek out and praise God.
Now that I am an adult, and my life is filled with many more distractions, there are more opportunities for me to forget to pray. In the busyness of life it can be easy to put off reading the Bible, journaling, or simply watching the world for the signs of God’s work. In the busyness of life, whether it is through stress, or even getting wrapped up in our own comforts, it is easy to forget to go to God in prayer. God is the giver of true rest, calling us to lay weariness and discomfort before God. God is also the one from whom we receive our blessings, so how can we forget to say thanks?
I ask you this day to raise a prayer to God. Pray with your words and thoughts, and pray in silence and listen. Share your burdens and joys with the Lord, or pray to see Christ in the beauty of the world around you. Take a moment, this day, and every day, to look to God in prayer.
Rev. Daniel Hart
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