ARE YOUR TROUBLES TOO SMALL TO BRING TO GOD?

Some people approach prayer as though God had a triage system in place for prayer requests. They think, "I won't pray to God about my troubles because there are undoubtedly people out there with much bigger problems. After all," they reason, "God must hear a lot of prayers and in the grand scheme of things mine can only come across as small compared to some of the really desperate stuff that others are facing." However, the only reason why hospital emergency rooms institute a triage system by which patients are assessed and then prioritized for care is that the hospital is limited in resources, space, time and personnel. God is not limited in any way. He is like a vast, infinite ocean of care that covers the shallows and the deeps alike. Approaching prayer with the assumption that God has a triage system in place to filter out seemingly small requests is ultimately dishonoring to God because it assumes that He is limited in some way. Your needs, or the needs of others around you, will always seem less urgent than other hypothetical scenarios, but that is not the point, He is the God of all those who look to Him in trust.

"...do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God." Philippians 4:6