Vershima Orkuma Hemen
“But thou, When thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which is in secret shall reward thee openly.” ~ Matthew 6:6
In the passages we have been considering for the past months, Jesus is teaching principles that should govern your prayer time, else you may not get answer to prayers.
While Jesus described hypocrites in verse 5, He described a child of God coming to the Father in verse 6. When Jesus said “Enter into thy closet,” He was referring to a place where you can be alone and you can pour your heart without fear of somebody eavesdropping or disturbing and distracting you.
In practice and transposing that on our prayer life, your closet will be a place or a time that you are free from distraction strations of life, that you can have privacy with your God and your Father to interact, discuss and share your heart with Him; and hear what He has to say to you without anything restraining you.
Have you been in a church service before where the priest says God is telling him that everybody should make three requests and whatever they ask God will answer? People usually turn away from other people and say things they don’t want any other person to hear. That is, many times when we are praying and people are there, we may be saying things that we don’t really mean- things that we want to say to impress people. And prayer is never for the sake of another person or for impressing another person.
LET US PRAY:
Lord, I thank you for the opportunity to come into your presence; deliver me from wandering thoughts and distractions in the place of prayer in JESUS name. Amen.
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