The Believers Lifeline

Monday, May 15

The Believers Lifeline

Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. Colossians 4:2

Prayer is the believer’s life line. It is our spiritual food. We just cannot live life at its fullest without first committing to a daily communication with God. When you wake up in the morning, say, “Good morning, God.” That is the opening of your prayer. When you go to sleep that night, say “Amen.” Make your entire day a conversation with God.

I’ve been pondering the whole question of prayer just lately and I was reminded of this verse. There was obviously something about the way Jesus prayed that made His disciples want to learn from Him. In Luke’s gospel, this question leads to Jesus teaching His disciples what we know as ‘the Lord’s prayer’.

The book entitled Let us Pray was written by Watchman Nee many years ago and in it the author suggests that “prayer is none other than an act of the believer working together with God. Prayer is the union of the believer’s thought with the will of God.”

So, prayer is not the expression of our wish for God to yield to our petition and fulfil what might be our own selfish desires. Prayer is not trying to force God to change His will and perform what He is unwilling to do! Prayer is simply the speaking out the will of God through the mouth of the believer.

Prayer for today: Father, thank You that You left us such an example of how to pray. But help us to learn more and more how to pray effectively, and how to pray in accordance with Your will so that Your kingdom may come more fully on earth. Help us to understand Your will so that we can be effective ambassadors here on earth. Amen.