What's your Motivation

What’s your motivation for praying? Are you afraid that if you don’t pray, you’re going to hell? Do you pray to be successful because you don’t want to lack anymore? Do you pray for relationships, because you’re afraid of being alone? Do you pray for healing because you’re afraid someone is going to die? There is a common denominator in all of this FEAR. Your prayer can not be base off of fear, God works by faith. What is your motive behind the prayer? Whatever you start with is what you'll end with.

Fear is not a good thing. If you start to lose weight because you're afraid of being fat, or getting sick. That will be your base throughout your entire life; if someone were to ask you, “Let’s go and get ice cream” your response will be in fear. “Oh, no I can’t because I don’t want to eat that; I may start getting fat again.” Now you’re not eating because of the fear of getting fat again. The same principle stands for money. “I’m afraid to spend this money because what if something happens, yes I have extra, but you just never know.” Fear is ruling your life.

God operates by faith, the devil operates by fear. Sometimes, it may be hard to understand the difference between being wise and being in fear. This was a challenge for me. I had to get serious and look at myself. I turned to the word of God.

James 4:2-3
1-2Where do you think all these appalling wars and quarrels come from? Do you think they just happen? Think again. They come about because you want your own way, and fight for it deep inside yourselves. You lust for what you don't have and are willing to kill to get it. You want what isn't yours and will risk violence to get your hands on it.
2-3You wouldn't think of just asking God for it, would you? And why not? Because you know you'd be asking for what you have no right to. You're spoiled children, each wanting your own way.

I wanted my way, and I would pray out of fear of not getting it, or living without it. I had to turn my prayers into FAITH prayers, by taking myself out of it. Whatever God has in store for me will be, and I'm ready to receive it. I had to use common sense, God does not want me to lack in any area, (Philippians 4:19) so why am I tripin’? FEAR that’s why, not trusting God to provide all my needs, thinking that I’m missing out on something; the only thing that I was missing out on.... was TRUST. If I can’t trust God, I can’t have the faith to see everything come to pass.

If a close friend came to you and requested that you do them a favor, and you were so excited that they thought enough of you to allow you to help them out. But as you were getting everything together and working on their behalf; you notice that they were working on the same thing they asked you for help with. How would that make you feel? Maybe you would think that they don’t trust you? Maybe you would just stop everything all together and let them do it, considering their doing it anyway. Stop trying to figure out stuff that you have turned over to God. Let God be God. Why would you ask for help and not let Him help you? Maybe because you’re afraid that it won’t happen on your time or your way?

Get FEAR out of your prayer life. And watch God work. As Christians we pray by FAITH not by FEAR.