Mankind, from the start, has been called to one great service… to give ourselves over to prayer. The church as a whole, must pray, but each individual man and woman must also learn not only to pray themselves, but to pray well. Praying well, true Biblical praying has been left out by many in the church as a whole, and it is something we must strive to return to. While all are to pray, there is also what I call the call to prayer.

The call to prayer, or the call to be a prayer is something that God places on a soul when the kingdom needs it. All should prayer, this is an unrefutable truth placed on the entire church, but some individuals will feel a certain pull on themselves to pray and wrestle like Jacob with the angel of God. Some will feel a pull to dedicate hours in the prayer closet, a three to four hour prayer session becomes too short, for they will feel the tug on their heart so strongly that it becomes too hard not to pray.

This is the call to prayer. Nehemiah felt it, Abraham felt it, Moses and Jesus felt it, and look at what it had wrought. Jesus toiled the night away in prayer, while those closest to him slept. Not all feel the call, and not all will feel it at the same time or to the same intensity, but when it comes upon us, the miracles of heaven it will unleash can change kingdoms. Borders change, lines are easily crossed, and the kingdom is advanced.

I must urge all who stumble upon this simple reflection to pray daily, for our daily prayers and time spent in intimate closeness with our heavenly Father are to be counted among the greatest of treasures we can hope to obtain in our fleshly lives. To those who feel the call to prayer, I encourage you to make time, to find a way to preservere in prayer. This is not always the easiest, I myself have struggeld with finding the hours to labor in prayer amidst the business of work, family life, and the other myriad of hinderances that attempt to draw us away from this great calling.

We must fight against the will of the flesh when this comes. The best way to fight agaisnt the flesh, is to pray. As we pray, we will find our spirits desiring to pray more and more. It is the natural desire of our spirit to pray, for it is that connection with God that our spirit was made for, and it is the natural place for it, to abide in the shadow of the Most High. Much like it is natural for a wolf to seek a pack, or for a bird to build a nest, our spirit cannot but help to seek God once it has a taste of Him, and this is a truth for all, for it is how we are made.

Even for those who do not feel the pull to pray for hours on end, who do not feel the call to prayer, to them the more they pray, the more their spirit will desire God. I must urge all to seek God in prayer, to dedicate time each morning and night, and throughout the day, to find time to give to God and commune with Him, for it is His desire, and it is why we are made, to build an intimate relationship with God.

God be with you all. Amen.