“Our Father in heaven…” Matthew 6:9b
A couple of days ago, I ran up to a contractor named Mike who I had talked to many times on the phone but had seen only once several years ago. I introduced myself and said I just couldn’t remember his face and that I was glad he had come to analyze our water. Mike removed his sunglasses and had a strange look on his face and a smile. It was Mike…but a different Mike who works occasionally at the facility where I work. I had rushed right into a conversation without really knowing who I was talking to. He thought I was just trying to be funny. Actually, I was being funny without trying!
So my question is: Do we really know who we’re talking to when we go to God in prayer? Does God smiling…wait for us to figure out who we’re really talking to? Jesus teaches us to take a moment at the beginning of our prayer to contemplate this.
Think about it: We are talking to “our Father in heaven”. This suggests we’re talking to someone to whom we’re related; who loves us passionately; who is to be respected; and to whom we owe our existence. We can never stop being his child no more than our children can cease being related to us. Because he resides in heaven, he is God. Nothing is too difficult for him. Nothing is out of the realm of what he can do.
Next time you pray, pause just a moment, stop the habitual prayer “autopilot”, and consider who you’re talking to.
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