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Why Is It So Difficult To Pray? Pastor Bill Farrow |
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Of
everything in my Christian life I know of nothing that is more difficult
than being consistent in prayer. There is no area of Christian living in
which I have more fully or profoundly than in this single area. I am
curious to explain why this is true. First
and foremost, of course I must acknowledge that this is entirely my
failing and none of God's. God's provision for me has been pure and
complete. It has not fallen one bit short. No responsibility accrues to
Him in this matter; it all falls to my account. That
being said, I can point to some other ''causes" for this failure.
Prayer is a matter, in my mind, that is entirely for God, and not much for
me. It is true that I do reap benefit from it, but it is a secondary
benefit that has little, in my mind, to do with the primary focus of
prayer which is and should be God's benefit. I think that, because this is
so, my flesh rebels at putting the time into praying as it sees little
fleshly benefit to justify the expenditure, so to speak. This is truly
shameful and vile. If for no other reason than this. I ought to seek to
overcome it - purely as a matter of spiritual discipline. Another
reason why it is so easy to forsake prayer is that this is the enemy's
prime aim in our lives. It is what he works hardest at. He would rather we
be prayerless than achieve anything
else in the Christian life. If this is so, and I can believe that it is,
then I have allowed the enemy to achieve his first priority in my life.
This, too, is unacceptable and vile. |