We continue to consider paradigm shifts in our walk with God. When considering the change in vision that Elisha prayed for his servant in 2 Kings 6:15-17, we should long to see things as God sees them. How does this help us in our prayer journey? Well, it makes us consider that our view of things is limited where God sees all things. When we approach life with a limited view, we limit our ability to pray effectively. Isaiah 55:8 states that God's thoughts and ways are higher than ours. According to The Message version, it is phrased: "The way you work isn't the way I work." This alone should help us realize that our way of praying must be enlarged to align more with the way God thinks - even as we look again at 1 Corinthians 2:16 - we have the same mind as Christ!! That's powerful!!
As our prayer is influenced by this, we realize that other parts of our lives will follow suit and change as well. One thought brought up by a couple of wonderful folks (thank your Cindy and Kathryn!) in our discussion was the fragrance, aroma, or scent of our life as it's spoken of in 2 Corinthians 2:15-17. To some we bring an aroma of death, to others we bring an aroma of life. Rather than pray, speak and live out of the "sewer of our soul", we want our exhales of our existence to bring life and not death.
When God calls us, we choose to obey - even in our conversation with Him. Out of that time with Him, our exhales can impact eternity - yes, the exhales of our life can bring life! Our exhales can contain praises to God (Psalm 66:4, Psalm 92:1, Psalm 146:2, James 5:13), proclamatory snippets of biblical facts (Psalm 92:2, Psalm 145:4, Psalm 145:6), or even petitions for ourselves or others (Philippians 4:6-7, 1 Timothy 2:1). When scripture says to "pray without ceasing" (1 Thessalonians 5:17), this is one avenue in addition to praying in the spirit (1 Corinthians 14:15).
Make your exhales count!!
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