Church on the Rock - Melbourne
Peter Lord once said, “the main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing”. This is a great life philosophy. Short and to the point, it implies two fundamental principles. Know what is important, and don’t get distracted by what isn’t important. But sometimes identifying what is important is harder than we realize.
Take prayer for example. We know it’s important, but why? Because He said so? Because it’s how we get stuff to happen? Those reasons may motivate for a while, but my experience is that they don’t remain long term. I’ve seen many prayer groups start out strong praying for a move of God, but dwindle over time when the answer didn’t come. What if the answer comes only after years of praying? What keeps us going?
It’s easy to “grow weary in well doing” when we focus on results. So I’ve been trying to refocus on the real reason we pray.
In Genesis 15:1 God told Abraham, “I am your exceedingly great reward”. And that’s why we pray; to have Him. If that is my reason, my reward in prayer, it really doesn’t matter if answers are years away. I can have Him every time. The main thing; one criteria of a successful prayer time. Did I connect with Him?
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