On the Go - August 7, 2010

Why is it we search for what we hold in our hand? 3296

Live it..
Working in the door business, I recently closed my fabrication shop and started working out of a storage space. It was increasingly harder to manage Prayertower, write daily devotions, compose a book and work long hours doing hard work. My hat is off to anyone who can do it and keep congruent thought; I couldn't. I think one episode played a large part in my decision. I looked for a special door I had made for a customer, but couldn't find it. Before asking for more time to make another and suffering the lost revenue, I was determined to find where the mysterious three-bar door had gone.

The best way to find something is to eliminate where it's not. However unlikely, my last option was that I installed that door on a house the day before and didn't realize it. I called and asked for verification and was told they had the door they ordered. Having run out of options, I planned to apologize to the three-bar customer, beg for more time and begin fabrication the next morning. Then as I was praying the next morning, I got a call from that customer apologizing. They said when I called the night before, they'd asked their child to check the door, but this morning learned they didn't. I had indeed installed the wrong door on the wrong house. You know, I questioned a lot of things that night, not the least of which was my sanity and the fact I shouldn't be allowed to go in public out by myself. The moral of the story? When you run out of options, why is prayer the last option on our list? For that matter, why is prayer an option and not our first response?

Pray it
It's the "pray about everything" that seems to give me most trouble, Lord. Thank you for continuing to teach me.

Resources
Have you changed the lock on the door or Your heart so God can't gain entry? (2000)
Time spent with God IS prayer. (2001)
Would you join a church were everyone acted like you? (2002)
Does you life glorify God? (2003)
Do you honor the weakest member of your physical and spiritual body? (2004)
God's word has the answer to whatever troubles you, but do you care? (2005)
Excuses don't impress God, but confession might. (2006)
Be careful accepting someone before you know what or how much they want. (2007)
Do you have the same desires as God? (2008)
Music and thanksgiving go together. (2009)

How to Pray for...
My husband or wife.

My children.

Their school.

Their teachers.

My children's friends.

My friends.

My work.

My city.

Governmental leaders.

My country.

My President.

My church.

My pastor.

My church leadership.

Sister churches.

Persecuted churches.

Missionaries.

The sick.

The lost.

Those in despair.

Those in the hospital.

Those grieving.

Widows.

Orphans.

Myself.

Prayertower Devotionals are the original creation of James R. Green:
Just Thinkin'... (2000-2003)
Read the Bible Thru in 365 Days (2004)
Pray Thru the Word in 365 Days (2005)
One-minute Devotionals (2006 to present).

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