The apostle Paul writes to us in the Book of Romans, revealing this amazing insight about Christ’s faithfulness toward us in prayer: Jesus instructs us in Matthew 6:6:īut you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.Īs we briefly observe the prayer life of Jesus in these four verses, we may think it is a lot of time to spend in prayer but if we want to overcome in these turbulent times, we need to tap into this supernatural realm of intercession.Įven now in Heaven, Jesus remains in this all-powerful lifestyle of prayer. Yes, it is powerful to pray with others, but it is also important for our spiritual growth that we spend time alone praying to God.
Spending time alone with our heavenly Father at the end of the day revitalizes our spirit. Something I know from personal experience is that ministering to the crowds can drain our strength, so it is important to spend time alone to deposit His supernatural strength back into us. Now when evening came, He was alone there” (Matthew 14:23). Matthew records this detail about the prayer life of Jesus Christ for us: “And when He had sent the multitudes away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. Matthew, clearly a gift of the Lord to us, carefully documents the life of the Messiah for us to learn from. In Luke 5:16 we read one of his important details about our Messiah: “So He Himself often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed.” If you ever wonder how many times we should pray, the answer by Luke’s observation is “often.” We should stop what we are doing and pray often throughout our daily business.Īccording to Mark 1:35 (NIV) we discover an interesting fact about when Jesus prayed: “Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.” Knowing that details in the Bible are recorded for our benefit, getting up early in the morning to pray is a spiritual key to setting the events of the day in order.
By His true example we see how He keeps Himself in tune with His heavenly Father and spiritually strong during stressful and demanding times-by praying routinely.ĭisciple and physician Luke records accurate details of what he observed Jesus do. Jesus shows Himself to be a man of prayer while on earth. One of the main ways to escape the chaos and to head to higher ground is by intercession-by praying. Follow the leading of Holy Spirit, our Comforter, and do as He instructs: pray, raise the standard of the blood of Jesus, recognize the enemy, use the power of His name, and step into revelational truth. I firmly believe we can escape to this higher ground of His by leaning into each of the following spiritual activities that will equip us, strengthen us, and give us the assurance we need from Him to be at peace while in the midst of chaos.
Let’s face it, it’s one thing to accept that God calls us for such times, but how do we begin to wrap our heads around the fact that our Messiah, the Omnipotent, all-powerful One who creates this universe, designs the power of the wind, water, gravity and all that holds this earth together actually needs us to be on earth at this time.Ī humbling thought to say the least-with His unlimited power, what could we possibly do for Him during these times?
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