A Powerful Prayer

Can I really become like Jesus? If I cannot, why did Jesus come? This leads me to believe that I can become like the one I follow. So, when I am not like him it has nothing to do with him, which means it has everything to do with me.

I remember when I first started following Jesus. I came into this journey filled with lust. I was very blessed to be around other Christians who were further along on this journey than I was. One of the matriarch’s in our church shared different parts of her story with me on numerous occasions. In each and every story she shared with me I always heard her say that she prayed, “God change my heart.”

As naïve as I was to this new way of life I figured if it is good enough for her, it is good enough for me. She is a powerful woman of God that I am so blessed to have in my life. She reminded me time and time again that I could not change other people or the situations around me. I can only ask God to change my heart to see, hear, interpret, and feel what he feels.

I began to implement this powerful prayer into my sins of lust. When a woman would catch my eye I would begin to pray, “Jesus, change my heart to see this woman the way you see her.” As I gave myself to this process, God changed my heart.

Now, I use this prayer for many things in my life. It isn’t just about looking like Jesus. It is about physically, emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually being like Jesus, which by the way can and will happen if we purposefully and intentionally give ourselves to following him in all aspects of our lives.

“If anyone would follow me, they must deny themselves, pick up their cross daily and follow me.” -Jesus