Our Scripture for today is Romans 12:12
“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.”
I love people whose prayer life is like keeping a finger poised over the “1” button of prayer.
Let me explain. When my youngest daughter was barely a teenager, she was very afraid of the dark. One night she was upstairs in bed when she heard a sound downstairs. She grabbed the phone, pulled the cover over herself and the phone, and then dialed 9-1. After that she held her finger over the last “1.” She was prepared to call for help!
That picture shows what it means to be “instant in prayer.” Prayer is always just a breath away. In the Psalms, David often spoke about his troubles, then suddenly lifted a one-sentence prayer (Psalm 69:13). Nehemiah, too, prayed in short bursts, like a man who knew God was listening (Nehemiah 2:4).
Being instant in prayer doesn’t mean saying a prayer with every step you take. It means living with your heart ready to press that last “button” toward God. And it means pressing it often.
So today, let your heart be ready. Whisper a short prayer when fear comes, when joy rises, or when you don’t know what to do. God is listening.
Be instant in prayer.
I’m Lonnie Davis, and these are thoughts worth thinking.