Seeking God - A Meditation

In prayer and fasting we often are seeking insight into God's will, wanting to know what it is that he would have us do. Yet we must be careful to remember that prayer and fasting are essentially about seeking God, regardless of whether he chooses to increase our level of knowledge about our circumstances or not.

We seek him, and in doing so find the confidence that God's rule (The Kingdom of God) has not diminished in power or reach. He is available to us in the details of our circumstance. And, because of our growing awareness of his character and availability, regardless of whether we obtain insights into whatever we are struggling with, we find our prayers answered. We find our Lord.

Christian prayer is essentially and inherently personal. All answers to prayer start and end with a person, and he is our sufficiency. Everything we receive is purely an act of his grace .

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The Prayer Appointed for the Week

Grant me, O Lord, to trust in you with all my heart; for, as you always resist the proud who confide in their own strength, so you never forsake those who make their boast of your mercy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

From The Divine Hours.