“Continue earnestly in prayer”

COLOSSIANS 4:2

The scriptures implore us to continue in prayer not as some religious duty but as the means by which we remain in His Spirit. This is how we maintain the wonder of His Peace and His Goodness in our lives; not necessarily the type of prayer that is always asking for things, but the prayer whereby we live and commune with Him. It is in this place of “continual” prayer we begin to discover the way of abiding and living in Him. This place of abiding is to become a habitual attitude of our hearts for it is the secret place of the Most High. It is to be to us a continual refuge, a sanctuary and a hiding place from the lust, pride and temptation of this world.

To continue in prayer is much more than a duty; it is the WAY of Life. It is the place where His springs flow in difficult places, where we are constantly built up to withstand the assaults that come without warning. It keeps us prepared and looking for the moving of His hand in our life. In this place of continual prayer we become sensitive to the needs of those around us. We become cognizant of His will and it keeps us walking in the wisdom of God. His presence is the only safe-guard in our daily life.

“Prayer is surrender –
surrender to the will of God and cooperation with that will.
If I throw out a boathook from the boat
and catch hold of the shore and pull,
do I pull the shore to me, or do I pull myself to the shore?
Prayer is not pulling God to my will,
but the aligning of my will to the will of God.”
Eli E. Stanley Jones

Prayer is the means by which my heart is stilled; it is the fruit of being in His Spirit. It is in touching Him that we are subdued and held within the PEACE of Him that passes understanding.

“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace,
whose mind is stayed on thee…”
ISAIAH 26:3

Brian Troxel