God laughed at me

I woke up about 3:30 am with one thought pressing on my mind and heart.  Pray.

What!  God, don’t you know what time it is?  I have to go to work in a few hours.  I need some more sleep.  Still that nagging feeling – Pray.

So, I prayed and I asked God, “What do you want me to pray about?  What is so important that it has to been done now?  It’s 3:30 in the morning.”  (OK – I might have had a bad attitude.)

God just continued to impress on my heart to pray.  So I prayed for a family from our church that I had visited with last evening at the funeral home.  They were burying their mother and then I prayed for their son as he was distraught over losing his grandmother.  I prayed for a family in our community that lost their 18 year old daughter to a car accident this week.  I prayed for my Mom as she faces surgery for uterine cancer.  I prayed for my family, my marriage, my daughter.  I prayed for my job and the people I come into contact with at work.  I prayed for our small group of girls that gather together to pray on Fridays. 

I looked up and it was 4:30.  Maybe I can still get another hour of sleep.  Nope.  God was still impressing on my heart to continue to pray.  And so I prayed and told God that I didn’t know what else to pray for.  Then he impressed on my heart that I hadn’t prayed about anything for me personally.  I then knew what I needed to do and I prayed about some things in my own life.  I tried to listen for answers.  I tried to just be still.  (I have a hard time with that one.)  Then I felt my heart move into a time of praise and worship.  What a sweet time this morning.

I looked over and the clock said 5:30.  Time for me to get moving.  And so my last prayer was for strength to get through the day.  I could have sworn I heard God laugh at me.  I know there was no audible voice but just an impression in my heart.  God was telling me that if I can trust Him in all these other things, surely I can trust Him for strength.  He also impressed on my heart that we had just spent the last 2 hours together preparing to meet the day and that He’d already met my need for strength for the day. 

And so, I headed off into the day with joy in heart.  Looking forward to what the day may bring.  Trusting my Savior in all things …

 

Psalm 100:5  “For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.”

Psalm 91:2  “I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I trust!””

Psalm 143:8  “Let me hear Your lovingkindness in the morning; For I trust in You;
Teach me the way in which I should walk; For to You I lift up my soul.”

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