Prayer

Jesus did incredible, never-before-seen wonders. Eyes bulged and mouths dropped open at feats of power, accomplished often by only a word from our Lord. “Be still!” He said, and a blustery storm, in an instant, was still. “Be cleansed,” was His command, and a leper’s skin went from looking like the moon’s surface to being Oil-of-Olay smooth, in one second. He gave thanks for a few buns and dried sardines, and more than 5,000 people feasted! What a king! Almighty God in human form!

Yet once, after Jesus had been preaching and healing late into the previous night, His disciples awoke and found Jesus had gone off early, before sunrise, to pray to His Father. Think of that. Jesus spent time in prayer! He created the world. He was called “Immanuel”- “God with us.” Thomas called Him, “my Lord and my God!” And yet, while He was on earth, doing His Father’s will, Jesus had to pray! God the Son, praying to God the Father. It goes beyond our comprehension!

Yet we do learn one lesson from this. If Jesus had to pray when He was here on earth, how much more do we! The Father has work for us; He has a plan and mission for us to accomplish. If our Lord needed to pray to the Father in order to see His mission fulfilled (and He is Lord of Lords!), it just makes sense that we normal humans have to learn to pray for our needs, goals, and brothers and sisters in Christ as much and as well as we can!

"We still find it hard to believe today that Prayer is more important than action." -Jacques Ellul

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