Hitting the Floor

Many years ago, I was driving along in my car, listening to the radio, when the DJ started pondering the seriousness of her own prayer life. She talked about times when she "just prayed" and times when she "hit the floor" and prayed. Those were the times when she was really serious and she wanted to see something conclusive happen in the given situation.

This week has brought about a resurrection of the "hit the floor" kind of prayer for me. You know me...I'm a chatterbox. I talk to God incessantly about most anything and everything. I think He likes that, so I don't really worry about it. But this week has brought the need for the more desperate, serious kind of prayer. The kind that drives me to make lists and read them to God so that I know my thoughts are coherent. The kind that sends me searching to see what changes I need to make to ensure I'm doing all I can to stay on the right path, yet sends me to stillness to make sure I can hear any answers and be free to follow whatever God might have to say.

Last night in particular, I was thinking about something I heard Beth Moore say in this Bible study series of hers that I'm doing. She was talking about the "popular" Prayer of Jabez, and she said that sometimes people ask her about her view of that prayer. She said she thinks it's a great thing to pray - but maybe some people need to start making good use of the territory they have before they ask for more. Good point. Worth pondering.

So that's where I am for this week. Hitting the floor and pondering if I'm making the best use of the territory I've been given before I pray for more.

Happy Friday!