Vending Machine

I read an article in the Huffington Post by Scott Dannemiller that caught my attention. You can read it at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-dannemiller/christians-should-stop-saying_b_4868963.html. Dannemiller makes the point that being blessed by God is more than making our Creator out to be some wish-granting fairy.

I can see some parallels with how we pray. Many of us (me included) have prayed to God like He is a vending machine, we drop in a prayer coin and expect Him to return our request. Our God is much bigger than that! He may not answer because our petition will harm us. Our Lord may want to answer in a grander way than we ask. He may work on our behalf in an avenue we cannot understand.

Most important of all, prayer is not a request to be engineered; it is a relationship to be developed. God is sovereign. Yet, He doesn’t mind if we ask questions or talk about how we feel. Are you not sure what to talk about? Read some scripture then start talking to God like you would any author of a good book.