Faith and Prayer

As I spend time in the company of "true" Saints I am thrust deeper into what it means to believe, to have faith.

Faith is not simply believing in the unseen. While that is quite the anecdotal answer I believe that faith is much more.

Faith is believing in what one cannot see, but it is also acting upon movement that one cannot see. A movement that comes from an unseen place, but that is clearly real. Acting with vigor--knowing (different than thinking) that what has been said will be done.

On Friday I listened to a woman tell me that she prayed to God for direction. God gave her a list of ten initiatives for the group that she is leading--and all in the same leading told her to quit. Now as she is on her way out she watches as this list of ten is slowly but surely completed. In the world of faith-based non-profit a list of ten items flowing smoothly has to be the work of the LORD.

As I reflect on where I am in life and as I attempt to follow the modeling of "true" Saints around me I feel pushed to pray. This woman prayed and God lead. God told her exactly what to do next. Now God did not give her the plan in its entirety, but God gave her the next step.

As she talked about her career change she said to me, "God will give me my next job. I am know that God will lead me to it."

What more would it be for me to believe that God will lead me to the next place that I should go? To believe that God will give me the plan for my current position?

Nothing more.

I must pray.

I fear though that I do not know how to pray. In that instance though, I can remember what a wise woman said to me. She said, "You have a beautiful voice. A gift from God. Pray to God. Sing to God. Pray in song. As you read the Word sing melodies using the Word of the LORD. That too is prayer."

I will pray and know by faith in God.