My pal Kevin Baker (** SHAMELESS PLUG** – His CD makes an awesome Christmas gift!!! Go buy it today at http://www.CDBaby.com) was recently musing (which is what artists do) and came up with the following thoughts:
Something that makes you go….hmmmmmmmmmm (Today at 9:08am)
As I drove into work today….God spoke something very clear to me….
Something that I need to write into a sermon message actually…but it goes something like this….
It’s all based out of my wants and needs and things that I’m personally going through or going through with my family….when I say things like… “why God is our life the way it is…why aren’t things going the way I think they should be going…blah blah blah…I could go on…..etc.”
When I was saying these words….I heard….”Come to me and pray about it”…..and I responded “I am”…”I do”….then I heard… “REALLY?…..because it all sounds like whining and complaining to me”
I stopped and thought about it for a moment….how often do we say that we’re “Praying about it”….but in reality we’re not….we’re just spouting, pouting, whining, complaining, living out of a heart of bitterness and frustration….etc……an
His word doesn’t say….”Whine and complain about all things to me and I will give you the desires of your heart”….it says….”DELIGHT yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart”- Psalm 37:4
Phillipians 4:6 says this (NIV) “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.”
I could continue to write more…but then it would turn into a sermon…but that’s the point that God spoke to me…VERY CLEARLY….something to chew on for all of us I think!
So…do you Pray or Complain?
Excellent question!!!