Luke18:1 One day Jesus told his disciples a story to show that they should always pray and never give up. NLT
Some years back, I was home alone with my first son when he was around three years old. He called me daddy more than 10 times in 2minutes trying to draw my attention to something. Sometimes I acted as if I understand for peace to reign. I became weary because if I don't answer him, he won't stop calling me. I wondered how he developed his own vocabulary. Almost every insect or animal was called 'kukuku'. My wife said, "can you see what I go through with him when you're not around"? She understood almost all his vocabularies and gestures perfectly except a few. He developed his own vocabularies for objects.
That experience made me appreciate mothers more especially what they go through with children in their formative years. My son is much older now and has blended but I picked a lesson from that encounter with him: Don't stop calling on God, He is never tired of you. God is our father, He wants us to come to Him like a child. Though God is our father, He is a father with motherly traits and characteristics. The bible reveals God to us as "El Shaddai". That word is suggestive of someone that is multi breasted. God nurses and nourishes like a mother does. Good mothers are never tired of their children.
Also, I discovered that my son developed his own vocabularies most of which his mother understand. Same applies to prayer. We often miss it in prayer because we try to be "formal" and perfect in language whereas, the bible says we have an infirmity- we don't know how to pray. That's why we engage the Holy Spirit in prayer,Rom8:26. There are things men cannot understand especially how you feel in times of trials.He understand your vocabulary. Praying to God goes beyond kneeling and speaking choice words. He's waiting to hear those vocabularies you've developed that only Him understands. Don't stop calling on Him, he never sleeps he never slumbers, rest in His love.
God, I thank you for your fatherhood over my life. Lord, I ask (...insert request) in Jesus name.