I’m going to be totally honest here. My prayer life stinks. It is shallow. Sometimes it is AWOL. Almost non-existent. I don’t brag about that. I’m not proud of it. It is what it is. The more important question to me is how do I get out of it? How do I get to the place where prayer is more than just an “add on” but is a vital centerpiece of my walk?

It probably starts with giving it the priority it deserves. And that starts with recognizing prayer as an act of worship. Not a grocery list of requests-some important and some frivolous. Not a “demand” list of things I’m claiming in Jesus’ name.  Not a list seeking God’s endorsement. It is a blank sheet I sign over to God saying, “Your will be done.” If those words were good enough for Jesus they are certainly good enough for me.

The Scripture in Psalm 77 (which was our suggested reading for further study) is interesting. It appears the psalmist (Asaph) is lamenting the lack of God’s presence. He is assuming and presuming God is absent. He’s alone, abandoned, troubled. Make that he “feels” that way. but he turns the corner in verse 10: “I will appeal to this, to the years of the right hand of the Most High.” He remembers the way God is! He remembers the deeds; the wonders; the works; His holiness; His redemption. “And my I do the same Father. When I tend to forget, remind me. Help me to ponder all You have been and are. I come to You with a blank sheet this morning.  Let Your will be done.”