September 25
2018
The Necessity of Prayer
So He Himself often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed. Luke 5:16
He is Jesus.
He, the Son of God, the Messiah of the world, separated Himself from the people that followed Him around and got into the presence of the Father.
Often.
Not just now and then or when He needed something, but often.
If the Son of God felt it important to take time from teaching and healing the people, to separate Himself, go into the wilderness and pray, then I suggest that we need to do so even more.
“But I’m so busy,” we say.
Yes, Jesus was busy as well; the crowds followed Him everyone.
But He still made time to pray.
“But I’m doing a good work,” we say.
Yes, Jesus was healing the multitudes.
But He still made time to pray.
I believe it is the difference between finding time to pray and making time to pray.
When we find time to pray, we look at our schedules and squeeze the time in.
When we make time to pray, it becomes a priority.
We prioritize our prayer time and book our schedules around it.
Prayer is a necessity.
In it we develop intimacy and relationship with the Father.
In it we find peace and comfort. In it we receive guidance and direction.
It is a lifeline that we cannot do without and be whole and effective in the lives we have been called to live.
Begin today – stop finding time and begin making time for prayer!