Mom Heart Moments #9

Our Father who is in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

GOD LISTENS TO US WITH ALL OF our concerns right where we live —what a wonder! This is just part of why I love coming to Him in the spirit of His prayer shared here in Matthew 6.

His will encompasses all of history and everything that must happen to accomplish His purposes. So in the spirit of humility, we come to Him with our prayers to seek His will and His grace, knowing that somehow, mysteriously, He allows those prayers to influence what takes place in the heavenlies in response to our issues here on earth. He does listen; He does respond; and He is our High Priest who prays alongside us, helping us to do His will.

Our world offers us plenty of opportunity to worry, to become anxious, to despair over where our nation is headed or whether the next generation will serve God. Economic concerns trouble many, and relationships always present their own difficulties. When we ask Him to work in our nations, let us ask Him to bring righteousness, knowing that righteousness exalts a nation. We need to be careful to live our own lives righteously! When crisis brings us to fear or catastrophes happen or national needs arise, these issues always put us in the place we should have been all along —on our knees before Him.

Are you tempted to be a worrier about big issues facing your nation and the world? How might remembering God is bigger than all of it help you leave your concerns in His hands?