Tired Of Waiting, Yet Unwilling To Do Something

Let’s face it, we ALL want something from God. We want His help in our marriage. We want His help with our kids. We want His help at work. We want His help in our finances. We want Him to shut up the dog down the street. We want Him to make the light stay green just a little bit longer.

Don’t try to deny it.
You know it’s true.
You want something.
What is it?

Now that we’ve established our desire for SOMETHING, whatever it might be, the question remains, “What are you doing to get it?” Are you simply waiting, expecting God to just do it for you? Here are a four things I believe you can do to kick start the process of getting what you want (so long as He wants it for you):

#1 Pray And Pray And Pray Some More—too often we ask God for something and forget, only to remember some time later and wonder why He didn’t answer that fleeting prayer we once had. I think I prayed about it. I’m pretty sure I prayed about it. Don’t do that. Get in His face and ask and ask and ask and ask some more! If you WANT it, LET HIM KNOW!

#2 Get In His Word And See What He Has To Say—our relationship with God seems to be the only one I know of and have heard of that people actually expect to get BETTER through neglect. Crazy, right? The Bible isn’t the easiest book in the world to understand. There’s a LOT of stuff in it that simply doesn’t make sense no matter how many times you read it or how hard you try. But, in spite of its age and fantastical stories, it remains relevant to my life (and probably yours as well, but I’m not you so I can’t be certain). Get into His word with a desire to find ANSWERS and chances are He’ll give’em to you.

#3 Believe—the little boy in the Polar Express couldn’t hear the jingle bells jingling because he stopped believing. What miracles and answered prayers have you missed out on simply because you stopped believing? Are you asking God to do something or give you something so you WILL believe or because you DO believe? It’s called faith. Believe He’ll deliver on His promises. Believe He’ll get the things you desire (so long as He believes you NEED it). Stop doubting. Start believing.

#4 Get Off Your Butt And Do Something—this is probably the hardest one of the 4. For whatever reason we think of God like a genie and prayer like rubbing the lamp. We make our wish and POOF…we wait for the magic to happen. Knock it off. Don’t do that. Just stop. We ask, “Why won’t God answer my prayers?” God asks, “Why won’t you finally do something?” God doesn’t bless GOOD INTENTIONS! Get up. Do something. Watch God work in and through your hard work. Stop waiting and complaining and making wishes and start doing something with your life.

We ALL want something.
FEW are trying to get it.

How are you doing in each of these areas? Prayer? Reading? Believing? Doing? What’s working in your life right now? What needs improvement? What can you start doing today?