getting in the way

My friend Sandy wrote today about her pushy cat Pepper, describing how she (the cat) gets in the way of being fed. Sandy writes:

But as I reflected on my demanding feline, I wondered if I do the same thing when I pray. I beg and plead with God to respond to my needs and my wants… and then I promptly get in the way. Like He needs help or something. And I wonder if my “help” is sometimes responsible for the delay in an answered prayer, if my life would be so much more peaceful if I could simply learn, like David, to wait before the Lord.

She concludes with Psalm 38:15: “But for you, O Lord, do I wait; it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.”

Thanks, Sandy, for reminding me of my childhood cat Willie (also pushy)–and more importantly, of giving me a really vivid picture of what getting in God’s way looks like!

Tagged as: answers, David, God, obstacle, prayer, Sandy, wait