What Do Our Prayers Reflect On?

I wonder how many of pray to God only when times are bad for us or when we think of a friend who is in need.   How many of take time to praise God and pray to when things are good, when we see the best in human kind.  You never hear someone say I know things are going great for you I well pray to God for you and give thinks for all He doing for you.  We come to a place in the church where we think of prayer only in times of need.  Do not mistake me God wants us to pray for those in need and desires for to come to Him in our own time of need, but is that the only time we come to Him?  Listen to what Paul prays for the church Ephesus; “ Ever since I first heard of your strong faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for Christians everywhere,  I have never stopped thanking God for you. I pray for you constantly, asking God, the glorious Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you might grow in your knowledge of God. I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the wonderful future he has promised to those he called. I want you to realize what a rich and glorious inheritance he has given to his people.   I pray that you will begin to understand the incredible greatness of his power for us who believe him. This is the same mighty power  that raised Christ from the dead and seated him in the place of honor at God’s right hand in the heavenly realms.  Now he is far above any ruler or authority or power or leader or anything else in this world or in the world to come.  And God has put all things under the authority of Christ, and he gave him this authority for the benefit of the church.  And the church is his body; it is filled by Christ, who fills everything everywhere with his presence.”(Eps 1:15-23)

Did you notice that Paul says when he prays for the church he give God praise for their faith and love they have in Christ.  He then prays that God continues to give them understanding and wisdom.  How many times do we pray for someone to come to know God and then once they come to know God we stop praying for their growth in God but go down the list of unsaved friends that we have and start praying for who is next.  The other question we have to ask are we really asking God to reveal Himself to us, do we want to grow deeper in our relationship with God?  May we need to start looking at how we pray for ourselves for just a second?  What does you prayer life look, are you studying really studying Gods word daily, asking God to reveal His power and strength in your life?  I sometimes stop and wonder what would happen if we really started to really pray and study Gods word?  What would happen in our lives if we really came to God and prayed to Him as the God of the universe and not the God who gives us what we want.