Magnificent Prayer #233
Magnificent Prayer #233
After this manner therefore pray ye…
Matthew 6:9 KJV
Jesus would always find time for prayer, or make time for it. If his days were full of excitement and toil, he would take time out of his nights for communing with God. At least he never allowed himself to be robbed of his hours of devotion.
There are some Christians who think they are excused from prayer and meditation in secret because they are so busy. Their work presses them so in the morning that they cannot possibly get time to pray. Their cares occupy them so all day that they do not find one quiet moment to go apart with God.
In the evening there are so many social or other engagements—meetings, societies, parties—or they are so tired, that prayer is crowded out. The example of Christ speaks its solemn rebuke of all such trifling. We must find time for communion with God, or God will not find time to bless us.
J. R. MILLER
Pray About It: When Jesus instructed His disciples to “pray after this manner,” He gave them an example of how to pray. So too did He give an example of the place prayer ought to occupy in our life as He separated Himself to commune with the Father.
Today, emulate Jesus. Pray as He prayed. Separate yourself for time alone with Him. If you’re too busy to pray, you’re too busy.
We are too busy to pray, and so we’re too busy to have power. We have a great deal of activity, but we accomplish little…we have much machinery, but few results.
R. A. TORREY
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