"Chair, go to the back of the classroom." (long pause) "I said, CHAIR GO TO THE BACK OF THE CLASSROOM." Yep you read that right, it was confirmed my Sunday School teacher, Bob, has lost his mind…telling a chair to move on its own. Or so I thought he had. But then he made his point.
“I assure you that you can say to this mountain, ‘May God lift you up and throw you into the sea,’ and your command will be obeyed. All that’s required is that you really believe and do not doubt in your heart. Listen to me! You can pray for anything, and if you believe, you will have it." Mark 11:22-25
Jesus tells us to be bold in our prayers, and if we just have the faith to believe that He can and will do it the prayer is already answered. Simple as that!! Faith as tiny as a mustard seed. Simple child-like faith. I have had the privilege to babysit many children over the years, and recently to work in my church's preschool program. Nothing is as humbling and awesome as listening to a child pray to God. We teach children that God answers prayers, and He does. So when a child closes their eyes and approaches the thrown of God they do it boldly, telling God what is on their heart and knowing that He will answer because He is God and that is what He does.
And then we become adults and for the most part we are ruined. We have lost our child-like faith and try to do things on our own, or we don't want to bother God with our problems. Or maybe in the past He hasn't answered everything in our time or in the way we wanted Him to. We become to busy in our day to day errands and too busy with life to include God.
And then Bob REALLY got my attention. How many times do I pray because "it's just what Christians do", or how many times do I multi-task God, my quiet time, and mentally make a list of things I need to do that day or what I need to get at Walmart? Even when I intentional just sit for God and me time…where is my mind? Where is my heart?
God knows the desires of my heart, He knows the issues that my heart is burdened with, He knows everyone I have told I'd pray for them and then forgot…it isn't a matter of Him not knowing what is going on and wants me to fill Him in. Rather He wants to spend time with me, quality time of just Him and me. Where I can fill Him in on what's going on, and tell Him the desires of my heart and then take the time to listen to the desires He has for me, what His plans are for me…and just to remind me I am important to Him.
This is sort of spastic and unorganized, (so now you know how God feels when I talk to Him and I have ADD moments 
). But the question from Sunday that still rings loudly in my ears….do I pray with a FAITH that will answer the prayer? Do I really take the time to pray with an open heart to hear His response and do I expect Him to answer?
I didn't have the faith Bob could move the chair on Sunday….but for today do I have faith that God will move the mountain in front of me….
I LOVE my Sunday School class. One of the highlights of my week is the first 45 minutes spent at church. When I first started attending this class I would not talk to anyone, and just sat in amazement at some of the things Bob would say, wondering "can he really say that in church?!?!". And now 3 years later, I still sit in amazement at things he says. It is easy to say one of the hardest things about the Race will be leaving my Sunday School class for 11 months.
