Yesterday we began a study of the Prayer life of Jesus. We will continue that study today by looking at a couple of instances when Jesus prayed. We all would do well to follow the Master's example.
Jesus prayed when He was deciding who to surround Himself with in His ministry. "n these days he went out to the mountain to pray, and all night he continued in prayer to God. And when day came, he called his disciples and chose from them twelve, whom he named apostles. (Luke 6:12-13) Jesus saw the people He would be working with as important, so important, that He, in fact, prayed all night about it. He knew the people who would assist Him were important, but he also knew how much He would be ministering and teaching these men. Jesus prayed for not only His co-workers in the ministry, but also the same ones of whom He would minister the most. Do we do either? Are our coworkers important enough to pray about? Maybe we overlook them, but what about those close to us, the ones we have most influence over, do we pray for them? Surely we pray for those we might be able to minister to...those whose only Jesus they see might be the Jesus they see living in us. John 13:15 is in a different context, but the same words of Jesus apply here. For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you. We should do just as Jesus did and pray for those closest to us.
Jesus also prayed when He was busy. Look at the situation Jews finds Himself in in Luke 5:15-16, "However, the report went around concerning Him all the more; and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by Him of their infirmities. So He Himself often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed." Jesus had been involved in a busy day, busy time in His Life, but Jesus never lost the importance of talking to His heavenly Father. Luke, not only, expresses that He felt the need often, but He also felt the need of quiet time with God, withdrawing into the wilderness to pray. I think we miss the importance of quiet time alone with God. I am of the thought that anywhere is not only a fitting and proper place to pray, but necessary. Praying without ceasing doesn't just have to be an ideal, but can be a way of life. With that having been said, I also feel the importance of quiet purposeful time with God. If Jesus needed it, then we most definitely need it in our lives today. Jesus didn't get too busy to pray, but prayed because he was becoming too busy.
Let us Pray!
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