Shameless audacity. So really, how grand is our God? Can He handle our big audacious prayer requests? I’m talking about the ones that move mountains. Can my dear friend’s husbands’ forgetfulness be repaired? How about my adopted daughter’s gut, can that be healed after months of severe damage? Can that job that I’ve been dreaming of for years, finally come to fruition? What about the Prodigal Son who has walked away from you Lord and struggles with drug addiction and mental illness, can you help him? These are huge requests Jesus! Can you truly move mountains to answer these kind of prayers? Or should I just keep them to myself? It is written, God wants us to ask him anything and everything, so He can truly show His glory.

So many times I think about the prayers I don’t send up to heaven. I remember an Evangelist who came to our church years ago. She shared a tale of a man who kept to himself. Maybe a hermit or an extreme introvert. Whatever he was or was not, he said he loved the Lord, yet never shared much with him. As time went on, he became severely ill. During his illness, at no time did he ever ask the Lord to heal him, or give him relief from his constant pain. Not ever did he ask Jesus to send him someone to take care of his failing body. As time took its toll, he began to lose consciousness and fell into a vivid dream. He had died and arrived in heaven. As he approached the throne of God, he asked the Lord where were you? God explained that He was always with him, sitting and waiting for a single request, but never heard one. Then the man asked, but what about these presents? Who are all those gifts for? God said in his soft, quiet voice, those gifts were intended for you. If you only knew, the love I have for you. It is more than immeasurable. Suddenly, he woke up and cried to the Lord. Father, I am so sorry. If only I would have asked!

How many times have we considered keeping our prayers under wrap? What a shame it would be, to be at the feet of Jesus with countless gifts. Oh Lord, I want all that you have planned for me. Every revelation, every miracle, every good gift that you planned for my life. Please let me humble myself so I don’t neglect your best for me.

“Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.” James‬ ‭1‬:‭17‬ ‭