Bold Prayers? Dreams?

I sit.
Staring at the wall.

Bold Prayers? Dreams? God's Dream for my life?

This month the question has been circling in my head. Every morning I sit at my desk and there written on the chalk board, "God Dreams"

What dreams does He have for my life?

I sit.
I ask myself what can they be?

My mind automatically rattles down the list of the things I think they should be.
My relationship with my family.
My son, my husband, mom, dad, sis.
My ministry as nurse.
My husband's ministry.
My health.
My friends.
My hobbies.

A list.
A list of good things.
Things I believe He has blessed my life with.

But are these really my dreams? My bold prayers?

I sit.
How do I know?

I try to think of ways to figure it out.
What books have I read? What books should I read?
Who should I call to pray about these things for me?
Maybe I should write them down.
Pin them on my prayer board.

This list of good things. God things that He has blessed my life with.

What makes them my dreams? How are they my bold prayer? Are they too vague? Should I be more specific? Can I attain them on my own? Are they too impossible to even dream? Not impossible enough?

All month the words of a song have been running through my head.

"Hide me now
Under Your wings
Cover me
Within Your mighty hand"

My mind feels as if I've been running a million miles an hour in every direction.
Somedays feeling as if I can barely keep my head above water.
I've been asking God how can I know His will in my life? His dreams for me? His bold prayers for me?

I've been searching, asking, looking, asking, asking, asking.

Sitting in my chair, though my body may have been still. My mind, running, never stopping.

"When the oceans rise
And thunders roar
I will soar with You
Above the storm
Father You are King
Over the flood
I will be still and know
You are God"

This time I sit.
Miles from the chair that sits at the desk.
Miles from that chalk board that says, "God Dreams"

I sit literally on top of a mountain. Looking out over what He has created.
My body had been moving. Working hard to get there.
But when I reach the top, He calls to me.

Sit & Be Still

"Find rest my soul
In Christ alone
Know His power
In quietness and trust"

He says, “Be still, and know that I am God" Psalm 46:10

Photo by Laura Maxson

~kartini r. maxson

Still
(Reuben Morgan)

Verse 1
 Hide me now
 Under Your wings
 Cover me
 Within Your mighty hand

 Chorus
 When the oceans rise
 And thunders roar
 I will soar with You
 Above the storm
 Father You are King
 Over the flood
 I will be still and know
 You are God

 Verse 2
 Find rest my soul
 In Christ alone
 Know His power
 In quietness and trust

April Prayer Topic: The Bold Prayers

In the book “The Circle Maker,” by Mark Batterson, there is a quote that has me thinking.  “Bold prayers honor God, and God honors bold prayers.  God isn’t offended by your biggest dreams or boldest prayers.  He is offended by anything less.  If your prayers aren’t impossible to you, they are insulting to God.”

Are my prayers bold and impossible for me, or are my prayers those that I know that I can do on my own, sort of bold prayers? If I am honest with myself, for the most part, they are the latter. Am I afraid to pray the bold prayer?  I think sometimes I am.

 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and door will be opened to you.” Matthew 7:7

I think we all have that prayer that we are too scared to pray to God about.  It really doesn’t make any sense.  If God is God, then there is nothing impossible for Him, including our biggest most “bold” prayers.

This month we are going pray our BOLD prayers. Maybe they are prayers that we are too scared to pray, but what have we to be scared about?  If God asks us for the impossible, it is only impossible for us.  He has it covered.  He has got it.

When the prayer turns into reality, we can only give God the glory.  The impossible for us is possible for Him.  He just needs us to have faith in Him.

“Have faith in God...” Mark 11:22

That is what it all comes down to, faith.  How much faith do I have?  If I have faith in God for the small things, then I should have faith in Him for the big things as well.  If God is faithful in the small things, He will be faithful in the big things too.

This month, I am going to go out in faith and pray my bold prayer that I have been too scared to do so.  Will you join me in praying for what we think is the impossible, as well?  It will be awe inspiring to see what God has in store.

Maybe God is waiting for us to say that bold prayer before He answers our prayer.  I want to see what God does with my BOLD prayer.  For, I know that I can’t answer my own prayer on this one.

God is just waiting for us to pray it. I am not just talking about one time, or a mention as a sidebar in my prayers.  God doesn’t want anything to be a sidebar. “Oh by the way Lord, if you have time.”

No, He wants us to pray in earnest.  It goes back to my theory that God wants to show off to us.  He wants to impress us.  God loves us so much and He wants to show us that.  He literally has the keys to the kingdom, and all we need to do is ask.

Do you have the faith to pray the BOLD prayer? Do I? What is holding us back? It is our own fear, and we need to stop that fear.  Fear is the devil, and God is so much bigger than our biggest fear.

Be bold, prayer bold, and see God do the impossible.

Photo by Rebecca H

Dear Lord,

You know the impossible prayer that each of us have.  We want to pray that impossible dream. May we not be afraid to pray that prayer to You.  I want to see Your possibilities. I want to see You.

Amen

Laura Maxson