Dry

            I wondered when it would happen. When the well would run dry. Today I didn’t have a devotion idea. I thought, “Should I write about my trip to Walmart yesterday?”

            Boring.

            “How about a devotion about putting all the Christmas decorations away?

            Did that last year.

            Surely there’s some angle connected to the college bowl games.

            How about “Coming From Behind to Win at Life?” Nah.

            Are you ever at a loss for words?

            Sometimes we can even be speechless when we pray.

            We are either too tired, too distraught or too confused to put a sentence together in our time with God. Our prayer well is dry.

            But the Lord knows there will be days like this and is there to help us out. He does not want us to stop praying.

            In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.

            There have been many times during trials I didn’t know how to pray and have asked God for his will to be done. While I am a believer in specific prayer, I don’t want to pray specifically if I don’t know what outcome is best.    

            Recently, my oldest son, Kyle, who will soon be a college graduate, began interviewing for jobs. I didn’t pray he would get this job or that because I wanted him to land the job God desired for him. So I prayed, “Make it clear which company Kyle should work for.” Kyle only received one job offer.  That’s pretty clear. I believe the Spirit interceded at that time and when I didn’t know how to pray, the Spirit prayed specifically for the job he ultimately accepted.

            What situation has you tongue tied? Have you not prayed because you simply don’t know what to pray for? Is it too difficult to pray?

            It’s OK to be dry.  Don’t let that stop you from coming into God’s presence to spend time with him. He knows what is on your heart. Your words aren’t required because he has you covered.

            I am thankful that when we are dry, God’s cup overflows into our lives. He turned the desert into pools of water and the parched ground into flowing springs...(Psalm 107:35)  

            I am also thankful God writes devotions.