{"id":127241,"date":"2024-04-09T07:00:49","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T11:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/?p=127241"},"modified":"2024-04-15T16:17:58","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T20:17:58","slug":"hope-for-control-freaks-two-biblical-images-to-help-you-surrender-in-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/hope-for-control-freaks-two-biblical-images-to-help-you-surrender-in-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope for Control Freaks: Two Biblical Images to Help You Surrender in Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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There are a lot of words I might use to describe my approach to prayer over the years. Sometimes I\u2019ve been\u00a0faithful<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0persevering<\/i>. Sometimes I\u2019ve been\u00a0unfocused<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0fickle<\/i>.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been sometimes\u00a0devoted<\/i>, often\u00a0demanding<\/i>, occasionally\u00a0attentive<\/i>, and frequently\u00a0distracted<\/i>. But in general, if I had to choose one word to describe my past attitude towards prayer, I would say it was\u00a0purposeful<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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Purposeful prayer does not initially sound like a bad thing. Purposeful prayer sounds persistent and decisive; it\u2019s prayer that knows what it wants and strives to attain it. And this was precisely the problem. I was approaching God in prayer with both the problem\u00a0and<\/i>\u00a0the solution, and reading the Gospel already knowing the message I wanted (and thought I needed) to hear. It was as though my prayer was simply me saying \u201cHere\u2019s the situation, God, and here\u2019s how I think You should handle it\u201d. Or \u201cDon\u2019t worry, God, I\u2019ve got this. You just sit there and listen.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The trick is: how do I approach prayer with less self-driven purpose, setting aside all my presumptions about what\u00a0I<\/i>\u00a0think I need and what\u00a0I<\/i>\u00a0think God wants to say to me, and instead come to prayer with an attitude of surrender?\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Because I\u2019m a visual person, images often give me inspiration, provide something on which to center my thoughts, and help me to focus. Here are two images that I call to mind in order to help me surrender in prayer. If you\u2019re someone who likes to be in control of everything, including your relationship with God, they might help you take first steps to letting go:<\/p>\n

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The Lifted Lamb<\/b><\/p>\n

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\u201cFor He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, and the sheep of His hand. O that today you would hearken to His voice, harden not your hearts!\u201d Psalm 95:7<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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One of my favourite images of surrender to God is the lost lamb. In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus tells us the parable of the shepherd who, having lost one of his sheep, will leave the ninety-nine to go after the one that is lost, until he finds it. \u201cAnd when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The little lost sheep does nothing in this parable. He does not actively seek his shepherd; he is merely found. And when he is found, he does not even actively follow the shepherd on his own; he merely allows himself to be lifted up onto the shoulders of the shepherd, to be carried. The sheep does nothing but consent to be lifted up.<\/p>\n

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I realized that I was approaching prayer as the one doing all the seeking, all the leading, and, most importantly,\u00a0all the talking<\/i>. The first change I made in my prayer life was to be quiet. The image of the lost lamb \u2013 sought, found, and lifted up \u2013 helped me to approach prayer with an attitude of silence instead of speaking, of trusting God enough to know that I don\u2019t have to scramble to make myself, my concerns, and my intentions known. In silence, I consent to stop leading, and instead allow myself to be found and lifted up by God.<\/p>\n

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The Melted Wax\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

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\u201cSet me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm.\u201d Song of Songs 8:6<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As I was reading\u00a0The Interior Castle<\/i>, St. Teresa of Avila provided me with another image with which to open my prayer: the melted seal. Teresa uses this metaphor to describe the ideal state of the soul in regard to God\u2019s will: we are to be like wax when a seal is impressed upon it. The wax does not impress itself with the seal, she explains, but is merely soft. And the wax doesn\u2019t even soften itself; \u201cit merely remains quiet and consenting.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Imagining myself as wax, willing to be softened of my hardened habits, and prepared to be impressed with His seal is another helpful tool in learning to surrender myself in prayer, and ultimately to God\u2019s will. \u201cAll You want is our will,\u201d says St. Teresa, \u201cand ask that Thy wax may offer no impediment.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Instead of approaching prayer with a set of problems (and possible solutions from which God may choose!), I tried simply to soften myself to His will, and set aside my need to control both my life, and my prayer. While I\u2019d love to come away from prayer each day feeling like all my problems will get solved if I follow a precise God-given, Spirit-inspired action plan, I\u2019ve finally realized that that\u2019s not the point. Prayer isn\u2019t about gaining control of my day, my life, and my soul. It\u2019s about surrendering that control to a God Who will do a much better job of it all anyways.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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