Where’s Your Focus?

Devote yourselves to prayer. —Colossians 4:2

There’s no single key that turns us from spotty prayers to unstoppable prayers. But here’s what I’m finding, as I strive to keep my focus on Heaven’s rule. If deep down I believe that earthly people and earthly forces rule— governments, critics, decision makers, societal trends—I’ll spend most of my thinking and energy on them: how to change minds, how to fight back, how to defend my actions, how to get people to like me.

But if I really believe that Heaven rules, then the always-appropriate response is to pray. To talk with the One who does rule. To ask of Him what you believe is right and receive from Him what He knows is best. To place your life in His hands and trust that you can be in no safer place and find no more reliable provision. In prayer we can know we’ve been heard, and we can experience the calm and courage that carry and steady us when every other remedy has done nothing but deplete us. Yes, when we understand that Heaven rules, even our prayer life changes.

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Heaven Rules: Take courage. Take comfort. Our God is in control. ©2022 Revived Hearts Foundation

Scripture taken from The CSB