Talkin' to Myself

Mike's Super Easy Sunday Message

“I really should get my day together. I think I’ll eat some breakfast, a bowl of cereal, get dressed, go down to the Dollar Store, purchase what I need, there, then I could head on over to buy some new clothes – maybe I’ll get those new jeans I was looking at. Oops, time to make a left turn. I wonder what’s going on for dinner. Maybe I’ll call some family members to see if they want to get together…” Thoughts, thoughts, thoughts. Most people say that if you ‘talk to yourself’, you’re crazy! It’s OK to silently THINK these things but, not out loud! Just who, or what, are we talking to?

All day – every minute, every second - you talk to yourself! In fact, you MUST! It keeps you alive. It keeps you on-track, safe, planned, logical (sometimes) – it’s our mind at work and it’s completely natural! Then why can’t we make any decision by simply thinking about that decision? Why must we ALWAYS speak in complete sentences, in our heads (or out loud), the exact steps we need to take to make our decisions happen? The answer is this: you are, knowingly or not, praying – communicating with some unseen force! It’s inherent in all of us to ‘speak or think’ what we are feeling. It gives some rationality to our decisions. And, for those that know Him, God is the One that we communicate to! It gives us confidence knowing we received Word from The Boss!

The hard fact is an eye-opener; we are ON OUR OWN! WHAATT?!? Where is God? I’ll tell you what God is NOT. He is NOT some genie that’s bottled up awaiting your command and wishes! You can go to God with ANYTHING that’s on your mind – finances, relationships, health – you will know EXACTLY what God tells you, however, YOU must carry it out – not God!

There are 3 Prayer-Types of people: 1) Those that think and talk to themselves (praying) but have no knowledge of God, nor that they’re even praying to Him. 2) Those that do pray to God but wind up doing they’re own thing, anyway. 3) Those that pray to God and ‘listen and act’ upon what He advises. Either way – each and every one of us ‘prays’ - it’s our God-given nature! The next time you think and/or talk to yourself (which will be in about 2 seconds) realize that it’s a gift God gave you to communicate with Him! Do you know who you’re ‘praying’ to? Which Prayer-Type are you?

Next week: the Prayer Chain-of-Command.