"There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark. . ." v. 9
"And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, where is the breath of life." v. 15
"And they went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the Lord shut him in." v. 16
"But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou has shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly." Matthew 6:6o
HE WENT IN
One of the most confessed sins today in the church is the sin of neglect. There is much across our lives that we seem to be missing. We will attest, we know it should not be this way. But to repent and change our actions of service unto the Lord still seems to be missing. A holy desire to please God is a hard thing to find among the church today. We should know that sin abounds, judgments come and lostness prevails when God's people are neglecting His commands.
The command comes to pray without ceasing. We are to give ourselves to seek Him, to find Him and to call upon Him. One of our greatest delights, as a Christian, is to pray. Prayer is the very fabric of which God moves and works among the sons of men. His Spirit raises up a spirt of prayer; He hears prayers; He answers prayers; He is glorified through such prayers. The whole duty of man is to bring glory unto God. Prayer, right praying, accomplishes that. And in order for this to happen, to be true, of us, we must pray.
Yet, the saddest confession to so mamy that would agree with these statement, will be the first to attest that they have not prayed. It seems to be the biggest neglect among God's people today. During our days of 'Broken Before the Throne' it was and is the most confessed sin among the people of God, 'I don't pray like I ought to.' Many have been honest and open, 'I don't ahve a prayer life.' this is not the heathen and sinners, it is the body of Christ being disobedient and sinful to one of our greatest weapons of warfare against hell and Satan - PRAYER.
Jesus is preaching the Sermon on the mount in Matthew 5 - 7. Here in chapter 6 we read of the verse by verse instructions for a follower of Christ. 'Enter into the secret closet.' How often doyou enter in? When was the last time you entered in? We are to maintain a daily time alone with God. We are to be before Him and with Him. 'Be still and know that I am God.' One of the reasons why God's people don't know any more about God than they do, is because they have not been still. They have not prayed rightly. They have not 'entered in' before Him and with Him.
Posted: 7/26/11
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