Good morning friends. How was your night? I hope you slept well. Did you pray to God this morning? I'm glad you did. You didn't? Why? Oh, you slept late and you had to rush out this morning to work. You didn't wake up this morning by your own power. Did you? You woke up hale and hearty. No masquerade chasing you in your sleep is worth thanking God for. He preserved your life throughout the night while you were unconscious of your environment. It is a great privilege that God has given to us to speak to him 24/7.
No angel was ever invited to share in this high privilege. Only the redeemed human. And many of us are too busy- watching television, following sports, hunting and fishing, bathing and boating, engaging in farming and business. We are so busy with the cares and pleasures of this life, trying to keep up with trends in new cars, new clothes,new appliances, new furniture, that we do not have time to pray.
Perhaps someone may be thinking, are we to have nothing for ourselves? The answer is no. Christ is to be ALL and in all. You are not your own. You are bought with a price (1corinthians 6:19-20). Whether therefore ye eat, or drink or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God (1corinthians 10:31). If you can buy the new car, the new home, the new furniture, the new gadgets, hold down two jobs and so on, for the glory of God- well and good. But if we didn't have to have such a high standard of living, would we not have time to pray? If we were not so intoxicated with travel, pleasures, vacations and recreation, would we not have more time to pray? If we were not so enamored of sports and entertainment, would we not have time to pray? We have more leisure than ever before- but less time to pray. We are not only cheating God and the world but we are cheating ourselves. By our failure to pray,we are frustrating God's high purpose. We are robbing the world of God's best plan for it and we are limiting our rank in eternity.
Prayer is not begging God to do something that He is loath to do. It is implementing on earth heaven's decisions concerning the affairs of men. Not only does prayer bring us into union with the Ruler of the Universe, but it releases His power into a world that desperately needs change.
Prayerlessness opens the door for the devil to strike. This world is too evil to live in without power. Talking about the robbery, killings, kidnapping and so on should propel us to always talk to God not to talk asking for grace to walk perfectly with Him till eternity. He is our loving father. All we need do is ask and it shall be given to us. We don't necessarily need to go through anyone. The only thing that may rob us of our confidence to speak to God is sin. Deal with anything that might serve as an hindrance to prayer and have direct access to the gates of pearl.
Boluwatife writes 🖌️
