As soon as we begin to divide our thoughts into thoughts of God and thoughts of other things, we remove God from our daily walk and put Him in a pious little niche where we go to think pious thoughts and experience pious feelings. Although it is important, and even indispensable for the spiritual life, to set apart time for God alone, prayer can only become unceasing when all thoughts – beautiful and ugly, high and low, proud and shameful, joyful and sorrowful – can be thought in God’s presence.
Then the Lord said, “Should I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?” (Genesis 18:17)
Why should God bother to take Abraham into His confidence? God seems to feel a sense of obligation toward Abraham. Why? If you think about it for a moment you will realize the stupendous implications! The Lord of far-flung galaxies, the Creator of all that exists, the All-Powerful, All-Knowing, inscrutable Judge of angels and demons and people, the King over the cosmos – is taking the trouble to explain His actions to an individual and is talking without condescension but in terms the man can understand. It may seem inconceivable that the same God wants such a relationship with you. If you are His friend, He will share His thoughts and plans with you. You can see at once how this raises the whole level of prayer!
Don’t you think Christ Jesus knows what your soul needs? Jesus knows. This fact is helping to relieve a load off my mind because I don’t have to do it all or know it all. I don’t have to be the strong one. I don’t have to struggle in prayer trying to give Jesus my burdens. He knows me and what I have need of – and how much more He gives!
Four qualities can be gained by using prayer in response to life situations: (1) a deepened awareness; (2) an increased ability to listen; (3) a will to find solitude; (4) a will to learn to wait – to accept the present as an opportunity to grow, to wait for His timing to change things.
Prayer is more an attitude of life than an action of the lips.
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