Are You Satisfied With Less Than?

Posted on June 26, 2020 by Catey Stover in Victory Call

Open your mouth and taste, open your eyes and see—how good God is. Blessed are you who run to him. (Psalm 34:8 MSG)

 

Would you be satisfied after buying a pair of shoes and getting home to find only one shoe in the box?  Of course not! Maybe you have been short-changed in some other way. You didn’t get all that you paid for or wanted.

In our prayer life, we can also find ourselves getting less than we pray for. Why do we leave our prayer times feeling unsatisfied? I have found several things that can leave me feeling this way:

1. I rush through my prayers.
2. I ask but I don’t receive.
3. I list my demands.
4. I come with expectations, but I don’t come expectantly.
5. I want all the answers, not just the One who is the answer.

I often enter into prayer with my motives and plans in place. Instead, I need to come with no ulterior motives and no plans. The burden of my own way does not allow me to submit to God’s way. One of our summer speakers challenged those of us who journal our prayers or come to the Lord in prayer with our lists in hand, to try something different. Instead of handing the Lord our list, allow Him to give you a blank sheet of paper with His signature on it.

Can I accept from the Lord a blank page and trust that He will act and answer? Can you?

How can you and I be satisfied as we pray?

1. Make and take the time to pray.
2. Take time to ask, but also take time to hear.
3. Ask, beg, plead and intercede, but seek His will to be done.
4. Expect to be changed, even when He may not change your circumstances.
5. Desire Jesus more than the outcome.

Taste and be satisfied today!

 

This devotional was taken from America’s Keswick’s “Real Life for Real Victory Volume 3”. If you would like to order a copy of the 365 Devotional book, please call (800) 453-7942.

Written by Kathy Withers Kathy Withers is on staff at America’s Keswick and serves as Director of Partner Care. Kathy has been married to her husband Dave for 30 years. They have two adult children. Kathy is active in her local Church and teaches a Bible Study for women. Her passion is to encourage women to deepen their walk with Jesus Christ by finding and living out the truths of God’s Word.

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Think About This: “There are many of us that are willing to do great things for the Lord, but few of us are willing to do little things.” – D.L. Moody

The Daily Bible Reading: Proverbs 13-17| You can download our 2020 Daily Bible Reading Plan by clicking here. 

This Week’s Verse to Memorize:  Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus. –Acts 4:13

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the doctrinal and theological views held by America’s Keswick.