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Praying About Stupid Things and Being Still

What happens when we pray about matters that seem irrelevant to God? Does He answer?

“I do have to warn you that this low price will not be available tomorrow.”

I shrugged my shoulders.

“Liar,” I muttered under my breath, but I continued to watch.

The speaker was a good-looking man with a chiseled jaw, short dark hair, sexy 5:00 shadow, and pretty blue-eyes.

“I care about your health so much that I am willing to give you VIP status and lifetime support.”

Hmmm….

“You could always research the information I’ve given you on your own and spend hours on the internet looking for the information it has taken me years to culminate,” chiseled jaw said doubtfully,” or you could pay a one-time fee and become a fat-burning machine.”

I looked down at my paunch. I thought of the last couple of months of eating clean, and I thought about cereal. God, I missed cereal. Mainly, I thought of how hard I had worked and how little weight I had lost. The chiseled jaw was answering the question I’d been asking. He was promising a solution. He was going to transform me into a fat-burning machine. All I had to do was click the button below and pay a smallish one-time fee. I couldn’t technically afford to spend an extra $60.00 but it was worth my health. Right?

So, I clicked.

I gave him my name, my email address, I clicked on the billing page and was forced to pause. I had to run to the car and grab my purse.

The pause gave me just long enough to rethink my decision. How many “weight loss miracles” had I invested in over the years? How much money had I wasted on lose-weight-quick schemes? The answer was too much.

Maybe I should ask God.

Well, that is a novel idea.

So, I prayed a very simple prayer.

“God, help me. You see I want to lose weight and be healthy. Should I purchase this program?”

I waited. I meditated.

The answer came.

Pray with Berkeley.

Berkeley is my ten-year-old daughter. She recently confessed that she had drifted away from God but felt that He was speaking to her and drawing her back to Him.

I hope she hears a yes. I really want that program. Chiseled Jaw was compelling. I was starting to feel that I couldn’t lose weight without him.

I called Berkeley into the room and explained my dilemma. I didn’t tell her that I’d heard her name when I’d begun to pray for guidance.

We prayed.

“Father forgive us of our sins. God, you know how much I want to lose weight and become strong and healthy for my children and future grandchildren. I ask that your Holy Spirit guide us to the right decision. In Jesus’s name, I pray. Amen.”

“Okay,” I said to Berkeley,” Now I want you to listen to the Holy Spirit and tell me what you hear.”

She looked at me doubtfully.

I closed my eyes and my mind screamed…yes! yes! yes!

When I opened them Berkeley was snuggled in her thick fleece blanket looking bored.

“Berk, what did you hear?”

She looked at me with eyes full of doubt.

“I don’t know.”

“Okay, this time I want you to close your eyes, get still, and just say “Holy Spirit what is your answer?”

“Like in my head?”

“Yes.”

I closed my eyes again, stilled my mind, and listened.

No.

What?!

No.

I looked up and found Berkeley staring at me with her sweet blue eyes.

“Well, what did you hear?”

“I don’t know if it was my own mind or God?”

“Did you ask?”

“Yes.”

“And what was the first thing that popped into your mind?” I asked already knowing the answer.

Why God? Why? I really liked Chiseled Jaw!!!

“No,” she said looking sorry.

“Well, thank you, Berkeley, you just saved me from wasting my money.”

Then I proceeded to tell her how the Holy Spirit had instructed me to pray with her. Her eyes lit up.

“Really?”

“Yes, really.”

I love how God uses the small things to teach us. He knows I can be impulsive and too trusting and that Berkeley needed to reconnect with Him.

We were praying for something insignificant, but God was able to use something small to teach us both.

God is waiting for YOU to be still and listen. He will answer even when you think the question is too small.

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