God is Lord over all – that is simply a fact. And if we would allow that truth to be our starting point, our middle, and our end in every season, it would spare us a great deal of exhaustion.

 

There was a time in my life when I was intent on understanding how prayer works, and why it matters. If God is God – sovereign and all-powerful – how do our prayers make a difference? In that season of questioning, I remembered something my confirmation teacher once said: while God is always watching over us, he is a gentleman. He waits to be invited in; He does not force open doors. Many years later, that image has stayed with me. CS Lewis echoes this truth when he writes, “I pray because I cannot help myself … It doesn’t change God. It changes me.”

 

How often do we exhaust ourselves trying to solve problems, meet needs, and hold everything together in our own strength – only to grow weary when nothing seems to shift? All the while, the invitation remains simple: let God be God.

 

We serve a God who parted seas, moved mountains, and turned water into wine. Which one of us can do such things? Is it not pride, at times, that keeps us from surrendering and inviting him fully into our circumstances? The glory has always belonged to him – let him have the stage.

 

This is not a call to passive living. Rather, it is an invitation to alignment. God has the plan; he knows the beginning from the end. When we strive without him, we place ourselves above his wisdom and inevitably fall short.

 

If there is something you are holding onto too tightly, I invite you to release it. Through prayer, welcome God into that space. He waits – lovingly – to reveal his majesty.

 

Let God be God and let us bear witness to his greatness.

 

To him be the glory, in all things, for ever.

 

Prayer: Lord, forgive me for the times I try to do life without you. Help me to surrender what I hold too tightly, and to trust you as Lord over every part of my life. Amen.