So today, as I was driving, I looked at the clock and it was 1:30 pm. The exact time my eldest son was scheduled to interview for a new job. A lot is riding on him getting a job soon, since he just moved his family from halfway across the country to where we are. They are starting over from scratch and so finding a job quickly, that pays well, and allows for flexibility in scheduling while his wife also starts job searching are all things that I could have included in my prayer. But as I focused the small piece of my mind that I could spare from concentrating on driving, the only thing I could think to ask of God was, "Your will be done." And then I smiled as I realized that is all that needed to be asked for. God's will, because we trust Him to be faithful, to be our provider, and to be our giver of good gifts.
More and more, my prayers have become shorter and less about asking for what I think I or the person I am praying for needs, and more about resting in the fact that trusting in God only requires we ask for His will to be done.
Matthew 6:9-13 New International Version (NIV) (emphasis mine)
9 “This, then, is how you should pray:“‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
10 your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us today our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation,[a]
but deliver us from the evil one.[b]’
