LISTEN CLOSELY
Today's reading: Psalm 81-88

"Listen closely to my prayer, O Lord;.." Psalm 86:6 NLT

God,

I need you to listen closely to my prayer, too.

Not just to hear it all...

Or to know my list of wants and needs...

Or to hear my confessions...

But listen closely, in order that You will know what I'm asking for wrongly and adjust my heart as needed.

Listen so closely that You will know what the root of my desire is.

What's driving me.

What's really going on in my heart, even past the King James words of my prayers.

Listen closely and diagnose my problems.

Listen closely and hear the praises I lift up in my inadequate way.

Listen closely and understand my hopes for my prayer requests are probably self-centered, but Yours are eternal.

Just listen closely, Lord.