What is this wisdom?

Scripture: With the coming of the Sabbath he began teaching in the synagogue, and most of them were astonished when they heard him. They said, "Where did the man get all this? What is this wisdom that has been granted him, and these miracles that are worked through him?" Mark 6:2

Prayer: Help me to pause and realize the miracles that have been worked in my life.

Response: Isn't it easier to plead for the resolution of a difficult life situation, and then when peace is offered, accepted, or restored, your response is a simple thank-you might express, or maybe not? And the maybe not occurs when you have decided that the healing was not exactly for what was prayed, or was not in the solution that was attached to the prayer.

You might not yet realize that the petition is really your expression that you are ready to experience a life changing event or response in your life of perhaps sorrow that you would never have imagined. Indeed, such a plaintive plea or prayer sets you up—states that you are ready to be astonished. And if you throw away the script with the ending so carefully crafted, you too will be astonished. It would not take more than a few moments to see the truth of this statement in your own life.

But the purpose of this lesson contained in this verse is much deeper and relevant to where you sit this day. Leaning out in prayer without your notes on the proposed solution to a dilemma, a sorrow, or concern, places yourself in the presence of the Lord and allows your mind to count sheep if it must. Listen with your heart intently and experience the astonishment the He promises every time in His healing and revelation, and yes miracles. So for today, tear up the ending to your story, and listen intently.