Throne Room Prayer

Our best thoughts, prayers, motives and actions issue from the fire in the throne room. In the secret place we prostrate ourselves before God, offering our best and He takes that pitiful stuff and passes it through His fire. Then He returns it to us, purified, burnished, multiplied and powerful; ready to be shared with the world around us.  

So our prayer life must go beyond a snippet in our daily devotional. It takes more than a minute to enter through the very low doorway into His presence. It takes vulnerability and courage to present our small, weak offering. It takes intentionality to empty ourselves. It takes time to wait on Him. Adoration and humble emptiness draw His gaze and bring His fire and fill us with His purifying presence. Only then will He fill our hearts and hands and send us out to do His will. Otherwise we are only able to offer the ministry of our own good ideas. 

If we want to hasten the arrival of God's kingdom, we need to minister as Jesus did. We need to walk as He did. Before Jesus spoke to the crowds, before He taught His disciples, He often withdraw for extended times of prayer, then went out and changed the world. Selah.

So spending time in the place of worship and prayer is not just for those with a calling, it is our very life in God. Without a prayer life we are just "doing Christianity." We truly have nothing to offer unless He gives it to us first, so meeting with Him, bowing low in worship, talking with Him, listening to Him, letting Him heal and deliver us, waiting for His Spirit to fill us is of first importance. We are all of us very busy, but we are foolish if we believe that we are too busy to pray.  

In the secret place is where He can correct our misunderstandings, show us our sin, and bathe us in the glory of His love and power. Prayer is the umbilical cord through which the life of God flows into our inner man. Prayer is our confession that we understand we are utterly dependent upon Him; that we can do nothing without Him; that our life flows from Him and returns to Him. If Jesus only said what the Father told Him and did only what He saw the Father doing, then we must follow His example and pray.

So pray. Pray when you want to; Pray when you don't; Pray when you have time; Pray on the run; Pray when you're happy; Pray when you're sad...or angry, or bad; Pray with thanksgiving; Pray with repentence; Pray with fasting; Pray when you feast; Pray for yourself; Pray for others; Pray for your friends, and for those who are not; Pray with words; Pray with tongues; Pray with tears; Pray with silence; Pray alone; Pray in groups; Pray without ceasing; Just pray!