Luke 11:1 And while He was in a certain place praying, when He ceased, a certain one of His disciples said to Him, Lord, teach us to pray... 2 And He said to them, When you pray, say, Father, Your name be sanctified; Your kingdom come. 3 Give us each day our daily bread. 4 And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone indebted to us. And do not bring us into temptation
[Part 2 of 2] When some hear about the need to pray ourselves into God in order to receive Him and His riches, they may say, "Before we were saved, we were not in God. But now we are children of God." Yes, as believers, we are children of God. Nevertheless, we must recognize the fact that often in our experience we are not in God. We do not stay in God, we do not remain in Him. For example, before going to bed, a brother loses his temper with his wife. When he rises up the next morning, he rises up outside of God. What should he do? He should pray himself into God. However, suppose the brother prays something like this: "Father, You are just and fair. You know that my wife is wrong. I ask You to vindicate me." The more the brother prays like this, the farther he will be away from God in his experience. He needs to pray, "O Father, sanctify Your name. Your kingdom come. Father, give me bread for this day, and forgive me even as I forgive my wife. Father, do not bring me into that trial again." The more the brother prays like this, the more he will find himself in God. This illustrates the point that to pray is to pray ourselves into God. Often we are distracted from God. We may be distracted from Him simply by an advertisement in the newspaper. Because we are easily distracted from God, we should spend time every morning with Him, praying ourselves into Him. There is no need to pray in detail concerning our shortcomings. It is sufficient to say, "Father, forgive me." There is no need to go through the details. The prayer, "Father forgive me as I forgive others," is inclusive. The more you pray like this, the more you will realize that you pray yourself into God. Then in God you will receive the life supply. (c) Living Stream Ministry.
Bible verses are taken from the Recovery Version of the Bible and Words of Ministry from Witness Lee, Life-study of Luke, pp. 231. Both are published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA. Please visit us at www.emanna.com. Send comments to: [email protected].
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