How Personal Are Your Prayers?

Throw your burden upon the Lord,
and he will take care of you.
He will never allow the godly to be shaken.

Psalm 55:22 

I love the way David gets descriptive in the Psalms.  He tells us to, quite literally, THROW our burdens on God's shoulders!  What happens when you throw something?  YOU HAVE TO LET GO OF IT!  When we throw our burdens, stresses, anxieties, struggles on His shoulders, He expects us to let go of them and leave them in HIS care.

Think about it...when we pray specifically about an issue, the burden becomes lighter.  Most of the time when we pray, we are so vague and general.  For example, "I have a meeting in the morning, bless me during that time."  How vague is that?  If someone said that to you, would you know what they wanted?  True, God knows everything, but He wants to make sure that WE trust Him with our burdens by our ability to voice them.  How about this: "Abba, I have a meeting in the morning that I am anxious about.  I want to make a good presentation, but You know how I have trouble with public speaking.  Please loosen my tongue and ease my mind so I can make this presentation understandable and informative.  Give me the words to say which will make the presentation interesting."

Give specific voice to your requests. Open up to God about what's on your mind and heart.  Give HIM all your cares, worries, stresses, anxieties, joys, happiness, celebrations.  Tell God everything without fear!