The thing about need-based prayer...

Hey fammmmm!

Welcome to my birthday week! (yes, I just had to add that somewhere.😅)

Confession time: 

In October of 2020, I resigned from my job. Not that of myself, I would have done so but it's just that I was put in a position where resigning was the best thing to do. Certainly wasn't expecting that but it was what it was, really. 

When this happened, I was optimistic that I would find work in no time. Well, that didn't happen. So, I prayed... and I prayed and I prayed. 

There were times when I was so sure of an open door coming my way. There were also those times when an unexpected call from someone would come, telling me of an potential job offer or something. Feeling hopeful, I would wait and suddenly not hear from them. Chale... 

So believe me when I say that I know what it means to wait for that "phone call". 
...that feeling when an unregistered number shows up on your phone and you find yourself wondering which company the caller may be coming from... 

My confession is, in those seasons of waiting, I kept praying about a job. My prayers ranged from getting a job, positioning myself to get a job and doing well to not miss that door. 

Then one day, out of the blue and after almost 16months of waiting, I got my first interview. 

And that first interview led to a series of interviews and now, I have a job! Praise the Lord. 

But you know, one morning after signing the contract, I remember asking myself: what next?

That question had been lingering on my mind for a while. And then last week, I heard a teaching on prayer which answered the question on my mind...

The thing about need-based prayer, as the name implies, is that you build your prayer life according to a particular need you have. What happens is that once that need is met and you are okay with your current state, you may oftentimes feel a lack of desire for prayer because in your mind, there is nothing to pray about. 

But that shouldn't be the case. And really, there's a lot to pray about.

Because we, being Christians, are in perpetual relationship with God, we cannot base our prayer life on a need. I mean, that is the least least concern we should have. Unfortunately, most of us have majored on this minor thing and minored on the most important things. 

Ours is one of relationship. We go to God because He loves us and He genuinely wants to hear from us. We go to God because as we spend time with Him, He changes us, works on our heart, blesses us with His perspective on things and helps us in our purpose. 

The right posture to prayer will birth in us greater dimensions of Him which we become; it also helps us in our love walk as we daily interact and relate with people; it also grows us into our purpose and the passions He has for us. 

There is so much of us to be birthed as we spend time with Him. 
There is so much to become. 

So, I asked God, "Daddy, I receive the Grace needed to 'wake up for relationship'". 
Where my motivation for waking up is not because of any need I have but just so that I can spend time with You and know You and grow into You. To that place where I am deeply immersed in You and we don't know where You end and where I start. 
So, I ask that You help me. In Jesus' name I pray, amen. 

Praise the Lord!

I hope this gets you thinking. 
And when you go on your knees tomorrow as you seek Him, please don't forget to say a prayer for me as I celebrate my birthday. 

My prayer is that in this new year, I grow into Him so much so that no one knows where He ends and where I start. In Jesus' name' amen. 

God bless you.

With all my love,

Mary Magdalene ❤