What language does your life speak? Are you aware that your life speaks a language all of it’s own? The story of the Tower of Babel and the language change that God had take place amongst the people shown in Genesis 11:1-9 showed the change that occurred with dialect and communication. What language do YOU speak with regards to your life? With your treatment to others? With who you converse with? With how you converse? It may be time to do a heart check up on yourself and re-evaluate if the language of your life is one that chooses to please people or chooses to please God.
In my usual transparent fashion – I’m going to share a “heart check” I had to do on myself this past weekend. I was at the airport with a loved one and it (being Christmas) was crazy busy. The woman behind the counter was blatantly unnecessarily rude to me, abusing her authority working her position. Instead of allowing the Holy Spirit to help me have the mindset of compassion towards this woman, her attitude set off my usually under control temper and I spat out, “I would pray for her.” Well, if I was to be honest, my statement came out like a growl. It most definitely was NOT said in the attitude of love that prayer is SUPPOSE to be used as. My teenage son called me out on it, saying, “Mom, that was not right. She was wrong, but you did not say that in an attitude of love.” I was humbled and ashamed of myself, I had to repent, because he was absolutely right.
I was ashamed of myself, because saying that you will pray for someone (and praying for them) should be an outreach of love – not punishment. It should be done with concern, with intercession, with love. If you are (as I did) spitting out “praying for someone” as a form of dislike, disapproval, or as an insult towards someone – it is time for you to check your OWN heart. God does not honor prayers that are not said with an attitude of love. Prayer is not meant to be used as a “weapon” against someone, but as the most loving intercession you can give. Taking time out to lift someone up before the Father in prayer should be the purest type of love you can show someone. The highest form of concern. When you think about it, it makes sense – do you think you can enter into the Father’s presence with anything other than an attitude of thanksgiving in prayer? Without a humble heart? With a spirit of offense? Especially when bringing someone before the throne room of God? The finger you are pointing at that individual may cause God’s finger to point upon your very self instead…
There are many people who call themselves “Christians” but do NOT act Christ-like. In saying that, I am not saying that we all do not have our moments – but those who profess Christ and who have made Him Lord OVER their lives feel convicted when they do not act in the manner worthy of calling themselves a Christian. Such was the case with me, I reacted to that worker in what I categorize as “religious-speak”, that is when someone knows ALL the “Christian” words to say, but their attitude is anything other than Christ-like. When someone goes through the traditional, worldly religious motions, but their heart and their words do not show the love of Christ. When we catch ourselves trending towards that mentality, we have got to allow Holy Spirit to turn us around. We need to repent of our mindset and we need to go to God, not in prayer for someone else – but for ourselves.
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Listen, if the person you are saying, “I’ll pray for you” is someone you can’t tell you love, or show concern or care, you have no business uttering those words, because what is meant as love you are using as an insult or curse instead. We are called to show the LOVE of Christ. That means allowing ALL other attitudes to die under the blood of Jesus. Jesus even indicated this when he confronted the men who were holding stones to throw at the adulteress woman in John 8:7:
“whoever has never sinned throw the first stone!”
God pays attention to the attitude of our hearts. If He does, than we should as well. You never know what someone is going through or what they have gone through, but God does. You are not responsible for the attitudes of others, but you ARE (in Christ) responsible for your OWN attitude. Colossians 3:15 says:
“Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.”
Don’t allow a “religious” spirit to rule your heart. Allow Holy Spirit to be your guide and if you (like I had) miss it – repent and change your attitude to one of a true spirit of prayer – love. As Jesus did and as He STILL does, interceding for us on the right hand of the Father even as you read these words. Prayer IS the highest form of love you can offer, let’s remember that. God honors those kinds of prayers.
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