Pray
“Pray without ceasing” (1 Thessalonians 5:17).
This doesn’t mean that we are always forming words in request or supplication for something. What it does mean is that we are always in the attitude of dependence, so that we can turn to the Lord at any moment, and in any situation. It is really to keep an open line between us and the throne of grace.
We see this exhibited in the life of Nehemiah when one day, in the presence of the king, he is asked a question that he knew had to be answered very carefully and wisely.
“Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven. And I said unto the king” (Nehemiah 2:4-5). Between the time the question was asked and Nehemiah had to give an immediate answer, there was a short, swift prayer that went up to heaven. As a result the Lord gave him wisdom in his answer, and caused the king to grant his request, and even far more than he asked for.
Let’s keep that open line active today!
