July 31 - Vignettes on Prayer

 

July 31 - Vignettes on Prayer

 

     The Lord has left how we pray and the postures of prayer to us.  The time and place of our prayers is entirely in our control.  There is no set way to pray or method.  One thing that is absolutely necessary is a place that is both quiet and private where we can be alone and undisturbed.  Jesus in Matt 6:5-6 points this out.  In fact, Jesus often went off by Himself into the desert or the mountains to pray.  Let Jesus be our example.  In the biggest decision of his life, we find Him in a garden alone praying.  Prayer is the time and place where we hear from God.  Remember when Elijah was on Mount Sinai he did not hear God in the wind, rain or earthquake.  He heard him in the still small voice.  You cannot hear God when all the noise of the world is blaring Him out.  You can only when you are silent and ready to hear.