One day when I was making lunch, I decided to fix something in the pantry that I knew wasn't really a family favorite. I had put off making several times for that reason, but decided to go ahead and make it since it was in the pantry and needed to be used. When my siblings got home from their jobs I made some statement to that affect...only to be surprised by them enjoying the meal. Immediately my prayer that they would actually enjoy the food prior to fixing the meal popped into my mind and I was convicted about how little credit I had just given the Lord. If I was going to make excuses for the meal why did I bother asking His blessing on it. I asked the Lord to forgive me and thanked Him for His kindness.
Recently I made from-scratch dinner rolls for the first time by myself and they turned out drier than I wanted them to be. I was a little disappointed and said something about them not being what I had hoped for. (There is a lady at our church who makes delicious dinner rolls). Every roll disappeared and by then I was feeling rather small. I had failed to give God much credit again! I had prayed for the Lord's blessing on my efforts and here I was dissatisfied that my first attempt was not perfect. Once again I had to repent and thank the Lord for His goodness.
I wonder how often I pray as those who were praying for Peter's release from prison. They did not really seem to believe God capable of freeing Peter, but dutifully prayed for his deliverance anyway. And when Rhoda told them Peter was standing without they didn't even believer her. Then, when they finally went and looked, they were "astonished." (Acts 12)
How little credit we, God's children, give Him. Oh that our faith were even as "a grain of mustard seed!" (Matthew 20)
