Call Out His Name

My favorite Bible verse is Isaiah 55:11, "so is my word that goes out from my mouth:
    It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
    and achieve the purpose for which I sent it."
I believe the Word of God is all powerful, trustworthy, and true. I also love these verses: 
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1-3. We can't separate God from His Word. Numbers 23:19 says, "God is not a man, that He should lie." I believe that if we want to know we're praying the perfect will of God, we can pray His Word. However, recently I was praying, and felt very convicted of something. I was exhausted, and to be honest, completely depleted spiritually. I don't remember what I was praying about, but I started throwing scripture around, and had the thought that I was using it like a magic spell. That if I spoke the right words, I could manipulate God. My heart was somewhere else. I then began to wonder if praying that way pleases God, and quickly felt Him speaking to my heart that I know His character from reading His Word. I know who He is, and through that, I know who I am. That I can ask in His name, because I am His and He loves me. Not because I am reciting the right words. He is good, and desires to give me good things. So, I realized that it is good to pray the Word of God, but that my relationship to Him is more important. I remembered back to a very scary occurrence. We were at a water park several years ago, and lost Lauren. We each thought she was with the other one. As soon as I realized what had happened, I took off my flip flops and began to run to the last place I had seen her. All I could get out was, "Jesus, Jesus, Jesus!". I got to the last pool we'd played in, and there she was, happily playing in the shallow end, hanging out with the lifeguard, talking her ear off. Thinking of this, I remembered how desperate and scared I felt, and that the first thing  I did was call out the name of my Jesus. He heard, and just like the song, he came to me. Speaking the Word into our situation, and believing it will come to pass is so important. But even more importantly, I know Who spoke those words to begin with. I know He loves me and my children. I know He is good. And He desires my complete attention and trust.