A Man of Prayer

“Then David the king went in and sat before the Lord, and he said, ‘Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far? And yet this was insignificant in Your eyes, O Lord God, for You have spoken also of the house of Your servant concerning the distant future. And this is the custom of man, O Lord God. Again what more can David say to You? For You know Your servant, O Lord God! For the sake of Your word, and according to Your own heart, You have done all this greatness to let Your servant know. For this reason You are great, O Lord God; for there is none like You, and there is no God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.’”  2 Samuel 7:18-22
                           
What a beautiful word picture of complete trust, rest, and confidence in God, our Father. Prayer and meditation upon God are the avenues through which these may be experienced. Would you like to experience that kind of composed and quieted soul? Follow David’s extraordinary example found in Psalms 26-27, 63, and 131. Each Psalm resounds with a foundational trust in the faithfulness of God.

There is great value in being a person of prayer, and we have many example from which to draw encouragement and motivation. “The men who have most fully illustrated Christ in their character, and have most powerfully affected the world for Him, have been men who have spent so much time with God as to make it a notable feature in their lives.”

A great man of prayer, “Dr. Adoniram Judson impressed an empire for Christ and laid the foundation of God’s kingdom with imperishable granite in the heart of Burma. He was successful; one of the few men who mightily impressed the world for Christ” (E.M. Bounds).

The problem of our generation is not unanswered prayer, but prayers unoffered.