So, as Christians, we usually try to pray fairly often. Sadly, we don't pray as much as we probably should (but that's another topic for another time). When we do pray, though, what do we expect? Do we expect God to answer us? Recently, I've been convicted about this. It seems easy for me to pray for God to move in my life, but then get up and never give a second thought to that prayer during the day.
Now, of course, when we pray, God often acts in a way that we don't expect, but this does not mean that He is not responding. Indeed, Biblical stories seem to imply that when God's people cry to Him, He is faithful to give a response (whether it's what they wanted or not). So, in our prayer life, when we pray, do we expect a response? Or is our prayer life something that we just ritually go through to give us some comfort? If we ask God to move, to we keep our eyes open to the world around us to see where He does show up? Or do we treat these movements as distractions to our routine? It seems we need to take our prayer more seriously. After all, we are entering into dialogue with the God who created the universe. If we pray and don't act in a way that shows a readiness to hear/see a response, then we insult God's power and faithfulness to answer.
