If we could train our eyes to glimpse even a sliver of all God is doing in this world, our prayers would never end. God is on the move—steady, present, and unmistakably faithful.

Like the people in Jesus’ day, we wonder if God is good enough to supply for us too. What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?

Maybe our refrigerators are full, yet our hearts are starving for real connection.
Maybe our closets overflow and our bank accounts are stable, yet the table around us sits empty.
Maybe we have everything the world calls “enough,” and yet our souls are restless and worn thin.
In chasing fullness through things, experiences, and emotions, we’ve only stumbled into deeper emptiness.

So often, our lack of prayer isn’t because God has turned away, but because our gaze has fallen—fixed on ourselves, our troubles, our tomorrows, our worries, our griefs, our wants, our desires.

Perhaps that’s why the Psalms so often remind us to lift our eyes:
“I lift up my eyes to the hills—
where does my help come from?”

And why Jesus urged His disciples,
“Look at the birds of the air!
They neither sow nor reap nor store away in barns,
and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.”

Just as a small child often needs to be trained to make good eye contact, we need to be trained to see what God is doing.

The more you practice, the more you start to see.
The more you see, the more you will pray.
The more you pray, the more you will be blown away.
Big or small, God is doing all.

-Emily Lehman