remind yourself of who GOD is…

there is no problem that is too big or too small for you to pray about.  in 5 & 6 in 2 chronicles 20 (tev) it says,  then king jehoshaphat went and stood before them [the entire nation] and he prayed aloud. 

that’s a good thing to do.  sometimes praying aloud keeps your mind focused.  when you pray in your mind, have you noticed sometimes your mind wanders?  it doesn’t do that when you’re talking aloud.  sometimes you need to pray aloud.

now jehoshaphat gives us a model of some things you can pray when you feel overwhelmed. 

verse 6 (niv), are you not the GOD who is in heaven?  YOU rule over all the kingdoms of the nations.  power and might are in YOUr hand, and no one can withstand YOU. 

the first thing you can do is to remind yourself of who GOD is.  before you talk to GOD about the problem, just focus on GOD and remind yourself that GOD is bigger than the problem you are facing. 

just say, “GOD, YOU’re all powerful.  nothing is too hard for YOU.  with YOU all things are possible.  YOU rule over all kingdoms and nations.” 

the king here realizes that three enemy nations are coming at him yet he stops and says, “YOU’re bigger than all the nations.  i want to keep that in mind.  YOU are bigger than anything i will ever face.”  i remind myself of who GOD is.

just a thought from the front porch…