A lot of times I wake up and start my day with a prayer that goes something like this. “Help me to change today God…” Tonight as I started that same prayer I was convicted and prayed instead, “God change me.” You might have just reread those last few sentences and asked your self what the difference is… Well, here’s what I learned, it’s all about the order… I’m so focused on me, even my prayers start off with me. Deep down, I’m filled with selfish ambition and vain conceit. I may pray for change but mainly because it will make me look better. Maybe God will bless me more and open additional doors for me if I do more for Him. This thinking is so twisted! I need to make God be my first thought, not self. His will needs to be my goal. Praying instead “God change me” causes me to refocus and readjust my heart, mind and soul to align with Him. It’s actually putting Him first. After I have established that He is number one (after I have dethroned myself) I then have to truly open up and let Him decide what needs to be changed in my life. Not what I want to change about myself necessarily but what He wants to change in me. Notice the order of the words again, first God, second Change and last Me. It’s only after I have wholly given God my foremost and utmost that makes change truly possible. Because, as I am learning, “God change me” is not just a good way to pray, it’s a way to live in genuineness that will transform your life.