God straight up corrected me.....

So I was praying the other night and God straight up corrected me. I was praying for a friend who needed a job. He was laid off a few months back and has been looking for a job since then. So I praying that God would provide and I was chatting with God about the whole thing. I made the statement to God of how much this guy could do for God if he had a job. This particular friend and his wife are solid Christians and do so much for their church and have been huge helps for me in support raising. So I was just saying how they could do even more for God if my friend had a job.

Along the same lines I was praying for another friend the other night, who I've been praying for pretty regularly for a while. This friend has had some crazy pain issues for the past few months. He's ridiculously awesome when it comes to being a witness and just going amazing things for God. So in praying for Him I just look at the situation and see how awesome this friend is in the lines of ministry. I then think of how much more amazing he could be if he didn't have this issue of pain in his life. So I keep praying that God would heal him for the sake of being healed and for the sake of even more effectiveness in ministry.

Looking at those two situations, you can see the similarity in the prayers. Both I was praying from the angle of they could do so much more for God if He would just provide a job and provide healing. So God straight up corrected me and said He didn't need to give this guy a job in order to use his finances for His glory. And He didn't need to heal my other friend in order to make him amazing in ministry. God is God no matter our situations and circumstances. He's still bigger than any and everything we can imagine. He's God after all.

This was a pretty cool moment for me. I was looking at the physical circumstances and thinking how if different they could benefit God so much more. Hmmmm...... does God really need our physical circumstances to be different in order for us to bless Him? I don't think so. It was a really cool learning moment. And I actually found out a day or two later that my friend had gotten a job and will start this coming Monday. And my other friend is still having problems but still just flat out amazing when it comes to God. I will still pray for his healing, but I know that God doesn't need it. I believe He can do it, but He doesn't need to do it for His benefit. (I really hope that makes sense. I think the wording can make things a bit difficult to explain on here and not throw in names and such.)

Until then ......