Somewhere along the way, prayer stopped being a
conversation and became a report. You say the words.
You hit the phrases. You close it out and go about
your day. Not because you stopped believing — because
you stopped being honest. There's a difference. And
most of us have been living in it for longer than
we want to admit.
Peter was underwater. Not metaphorically — literally
going beneath the surface, grasping for air. And the
prayer he prayed in that moment had no theology in it.
No preamble. No setup. Three words from the bottom of
where he actually was: “Lord, save me.” And Matthew 14:30
says that immediately — not eventually, not once he
composed himself — immediately Jesus stretched forth
his hand and caught him. The hand was already moving
before the words finished leaving Peter's mouth. Three
words. That raw, drowning, completely honest cry moved
heaven faster than every polished prayer that came
before it.
That is the prayer you've been afraid to pray. Not
because you don't believe — because you've convinced
yourself that honesty with God is a failure of faith.
That coming to Him with your body hurting, your mind
hurting, your heart hurting somehow disqualifies you
from the miracle. It doesn't. God is not waiting for
you to sound better. He is not holding His response
until your faith is cleaner. He is already present in
the trouble — not arriving, already there — waiting for
you to stop performing and tell Him the truth.
You are not disqualified because you're desperate.
Desperation is not the opposite of faith. In Peter's
case it was the evidence of it — he cried out because
he still believed the One who could save him was close
enough to hear. That's you. Open your mouth. Say the
real thing. The hand is already extended.
Today's full teaching: You've Been Talking to God. But
Have You Actually Told Him the Truth? → [Click to Watch on YouTube]