“Please Fix Them, God”
We shouldn’t pray for God to fix things or people, but rather we should pray for God to fix us. God is not a genie in a bottle that can be commanded to act by our prayers. We need to reverse the focus of the prayer and realize that God’s answers to prayer are much more powerful when we ask that our own opinions and heart are corrected to come in alignment with His.
The Bible does tell us to pray and that our prayers will be answered yet we often stop there.
A larger truth is that God will not answer a prayer if it goes against His plan.
God can see the larger picture of our prayer. He knows not only how the answered prayer will affect our own life but also the impact it will have on other people’s lives. He knows the past, present, and future and can interweave how the answer to a prayer will impact lives across the varied platforms of time. It is impossible for us to understand how the answer to our prayers looks in the eyes of God. We do not have that ability.
“Please Fix Us, God”
Taking all of this in mind it is easy to see the folly of asking God to fix what we consider an error in someone else’s lifestyle or opinions. The better prayer would be to fix us to understand how to deliver the kind of love that God mandates when he tells us to love one another.
“Please Fix It, God”
Christian ideas and thoughts often fall short and often don’t truly consider all the truths we are taught. I’ve often been guilty of this. Countless times my husband and I have asked God to take care of and be with children and grandchildren. We have prayed specifically, naming the person and often explaining particular situations that we ask God to tend to in their lives. I don’t believe it is wrong to do this, but it too falls short. Down to the depth of our toes we know without doubt that God is aware of the situation since we know that He is all-knowing and all-seeing. We also know that God is constant and that nothing can separate us from God.
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:38-39 (KJV)
So why do we pray this prayer? There is nothing wrong with it per se, but it is merely praying for something we are already promised. It is asking for something we already have. We can always show appreciation for what God has given us, but to ask Him to supply what He has already promised to give us is not necessary.
Looking For God
Lately I’ve been praying that my loved ones and I look for God in each day and in each situation since I am sure that He is already there.
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