I have been thinking a lot lately about why I pray--and it's not a very pretty picture.
I pray when I want something from God: to win when I'm playing a game, for help when I'm facing sin, for guidance, to drive the thought of sin away, when I want a situation to go a certain way. I pray because I feel like I should: because I have a schedule to keep, because I know God wants me to pray.
And I don't pray much else.
Is it wrong to pray when you want something? I don't think so, not if you want the right things. But it is wrong to pray only when you want something. That's like using God as a vending machine ("if I pray for ten minutes, You give me this and that. Deal?"). And God is absolutely not a vending machine.
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