An Instagram post by Pastor Derwin Gray, addressed to pastors, stopped me in my tracks. Here’s the quote:
“Pastor,
Lead like Jesus rose from the dead,
preach like the Gospel is true, and
pray like God still parts seas.”
Oh my. There is power in those words, right?
Even if we aren’t pastors, that prayer can be our invocation as we move into our day. Consider how our daily choices, words and responses would shift!
We’d face every conversation, messy moment, and disappointment with hope, knowing that we are loved by a gracious, forgiving Father.
We’d stand strong knowing that God keeps His promises.
We’d confidently bring our needs before God’s holy throne, knowing that He will act.
Wow.
I sat for a while and thought about that prayer. I wondered how I could tweak it a bit for everyday life.
With credit to Pastor Gray’s words and inspiration, here’s a prayer for us, for our ordinary days:
Lord,
Today I choose to …
Believe the Gospel is true,
pray like You still part the seas, and
live like You have good things planned for me.
Then what? Go and believe, pray, and live like that.
Just think about it. If we prayed those words and lived that way, our lives would change. Extraordinarily so.
Living like we believe anything less than that is living outside of God’s truth.
Join me?
Let’s …
Believe what God says.
Pray big prayers.
Live in anticipation of His goodness.
“The Lord waits [expectantly] and longs to be gracious to you, And therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; Blessed [happy, fortunate) are all those who long for Him [since He will never fail them].” (Isaiah 30:18 AMP)
P.S. Pastor Derwin Gray is lead pastor of Transformation Church in Charlotte, NC. Check him out on IG @derwinlgray.
