Our reading today is Luke 6: verse 12.
“In those days Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God.”
Prayer can seem like a challenge. I once challenged myself to pray for an entire hour. One hour. Sixty minutes. It felt like climbing Mount Everest in flip-flops. Sadly, my mind wandered and I checked my watch frequently.
It made me wonder how Jesus spent the entire night in prayer? The entire night!
Here’s what I think: Jesus had seen the Father face to face. God wasn’t a distant deity or theological concept—He was real, personal, intimate. When Jesus prayed, He was talking with someone He knew, someone He loved.
But there’s something more. It’s found in one beautiful word: delight.
“Delight yourself in the Lord,” the Psalmist declares (Psalm 37:4). Think of newlyweds gazing into each other’s eyes. That spark, that joy, that sense of wonder—that’s delight. God invites us to feel the same way about Him.
The secret to spending time in prayer isn’t discipline alone, though discipline helps. It’s not duty, though duty has its place. The secret is delight.
When you discover the joy of being in God’s presence, prayer transforms from obligation to celebration.
God isn’t waiting for perfect prayers or eloquent words. He’s waiting for you to find delight in Him. When you do, you’ll discover what Jesus knew—time with the Father flies by.
I’m Lonnie Davis, and these are thoughts worth thinking.