Day 15: What’s in Your Wallet?

For I cried out to him for help, praising him as I spoke. If I had not confessed the sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. But God did listen! He paid attention to my prayer. Praise God, who did not ignore my prayer… (Psalm 66:17-20, NLT)

You may have seen the CapitalOne credit card commercial whose motto is “What’s in your wallet?” Basically, its message is that if a person does not have a CapitalOne credit card in his wallet, rival credit card companies will inflict high rates and fees upon him.

This commercial conveys a message of the problems a person may have if he does not possess something. By contrast, the Psalmist tells us in the Scripture about the problem we may face if we do possess something.

In chapter 10 of the book Too Busy Not To Pray, Bill Hybels teaches about how we can be “Cooling Off on Prayer”. One of the things that can throw cold water on our prayer lives is “old-fashioned sin” in our hearts.

Whenever there are elements of bitterness, jealousy, lust, pride, arrogance, frustration (which can be passive anger), etc. filling our hearts, these things can really put a damper on our prayer lives. Again, I must stress that consecration almost always involves the confessing of sin in our lives. So the question is: What’s in your heart?