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📖Daily Reading
Colossians 4
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📝 Reflection
Colossians 4: 3-6
“And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should. Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.”
Paul ends his letter with encouragement to pray. What is prayer? Simply in the Oxford dictionary it is defined as a solemn request for help, an expression of thanks, an earnest hope or wish. In Webster’s it is an address to God in word or thought, the act or practice of prayer to God. As we pray it is also safe to assume that we submit, or surrender ourselves to the possibility and the hope that there is a God or something greater that we are a part of and that is ‘in charge’ of life as we understand it.
That leaves a lot of room for interpretation, which I think is beautiful and empowering. David often moaned and groaned, Job ranted and raved, Jacob wrestled, Jesus wept, Daniel kneeled before open windows, Nehemiah asked people to sing and walk in circles around a wall, in other words there are no rules. It is an attitude of the heart, where the mind, body and spirit join forces to ‘speak’ to God and ask for help and/or thanking him for his help. It is simultaneously an offensive, defensive and submissive act.
The word prey is so similar in construction. As humans somewhere along the way we realized that if we don’t pray we will become prey. Life, our own thoughts, other people opinions and position in our lives, circumstances and what we make them mean will slowly or ravenously prey upon us. Prayer feeds us and allows us to tap into the encouragement and power available to us.
So if you want to turn the tables in your life, submit and hit your ‘knees’ literally or metaphorically. That or you are willingly but maybe unwittingly sacrificing yourself to the jaws of life and allowing yourself to be preyed upon. The choice is ours, yours and mine. Through prayer we can combine forces rather than be part of the problem by becoming the prey and feeding the darkness. Prayer requires us to be humble which ironically is where our real power lies. Jesus demonstrated and role modeled this. Pride is the downfall. You and I are not that important and/but without us doing our part to realize that, we can’t be all that we can be - get it? If not maybe pray and meditate on it..
We all need to do our part to feed the light by being the light, we power up our light through prayer. Let our lives be a prayer God, accept our living sacrifice in and for love. The choice is yours empower yourself and others through prayer or allow life to prey upon you. The attitude required of you to enter into prayer tunes you into the I Am, who is for you and not against you!
FYI- if you are being legalistic, prescriptive, and only reciting a prayer without your whole self and heart being involved, this isn’t prayer - it is you checking a box and/or being pious. This is just my opinion, but I think the Bible, Jesus, God and Paul support this. BTW, I call my prayer- meditation. “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other word would smell just as sweet.” - William Shakespeare
✍🏼Daily Journal Prompt
What does prayer mean to you?
📖Tomorrows Reading
1 Thessalonians 1-2
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