Come Up Here: A Symphony of Prayer | A 5 Day Prayer Journey With Darlene ZschechНамуна

It’s always time to pray. In Jesus' relatively short time on earth, He continually took time to go away to quiet places where He prayed.

Luke chapter 6 says the people around Jesus showed a constant lack of understanding of Him. Then it says Jesus went away to pray. I personally think He sounded very frustrated, but his response was to retreat to speak with His Father. How do you respond when life is complex and not going the way you feel it should?

In Acts chapter 12, we read that Herod was leading a new wave of persecution, and he murdered James, the brother of John. Being the politician he was, Herod saw this pleased his constituents, so he arrested the undisputed leader of the Church, Simon Peter. Pretty much everyone looked up to Peter. He was their spiritual leader, and it looked as though Peter would be executed next.

So what did the Church do? They unleashed their secret weapon:

"While Peter was in prison, the church prayed very earnestly for him." Acts 12:5 [NLT]

All other doors may have been closed, but one door remained open: the door of prayer, the door into the throne and heart of God. The Church prayed earnestly, and everything changed.

Prayer is our secret weapon. God is always available to His children. We often make prayer our last resort; the only thing left to do after we have exhausted all other options. But God loves it when we partner with Him in prayer, saying yes to the invitation to “Come Up Here.”

“You will observe that the desire to commune with God is intensified by the failure of all other sources of consolation.” - Charles Spurgeon

Maybe it’s time to start a new way. Ask the Holy Spirit to remind your heart to go to God first. Partner with Him in prayer as you find rest in the promises of God over your life.

Love Darls.