Ain't Too Proud to Beg

"...The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective." (James 5:16)

Let's talk about feeling desolate, desperate, uninspired, hopeless, wretched, unlovable, etc.  I have felt all of these, and I could use myriad additional descriptive words, as I'm sure you could as well.  It's no fun feeling this way, but what's even less fun is feeling too proud to get on your knees and pray!  MC Hammer once sang, in his song aptly titled, "Pray," that "we got to pray just to make it today!"  Isn't that the truth?  It is for me!  I cannot make it from day to day without "trusting in the Lord with all my heart and leaning NOT on my own understanding" (Proverbs 3:5).  In James 4:10, the Bible says that if we humble ourselves before the Lord, then He will lift us up.

I've written previously about not giving in to your emotions because they are constantly changing, but trusting in Jesus Christ, who is the same, yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8).  The reason I bring this up is because when you pray, it's important to confess your sins, praise God's holy name, and proclaim his promises with unwavering faith!  The Bible warns us:  "But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.  That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does" (James 1: 6-8).  OUCH!!!  It's imperative that you retrain your thinking patterns if they are unhealthy!  We must take every thought captive in order to make it obedient to Christ (2 Corinthians 10:5).  Remember, that "when pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom" (Proverbs 11:2).  Let's Devise2bWise today and every tomorrow that God affords us! 


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