I was praying last night and thanking God for the many accomplishments I was able to do at work. I thought, finally! I have a long prayer time because I was not distracted or overly tired to do it that night. Plus I wanted to thank God (gloat is more like it!) about my “so called accomplishments. As I was going on and on about it, I realized that Jesus Himself had so many accomplishments. Everyday He had a lot of things to do. He preached in the temples. He cured the sick. Another day, He fed thousands of people. He visited homes and performed miracles. He even stopped a storm and drove out many demons. There was no bus or mrt then so He must have walked long distances or even rode a donkey or a camel (seriously I cannot imagine it being very comfortable, and let alone how they smell!) to reach His destinations and I imagine Him tired and hot and exhausted as He falls asleep each night. If I compare my accomplishments or even the activities I have to His, It will miserably fail in comparison. I believe Jesus accomplished more in a day than I will ever do in my lifetime. What is astounding to realize is that this eternal Son of God, this sinless son of Man, is also human just like me. He experiences the same tiredness I feel everyday, the same exhaustion of mind. The same longing for that bed …but unlike me, He takes the time to pray as sacred, and He makes it a quality prayer time, irregardless of what He must be feeling that day… He prays in the morning, in the evening, before every important task. He even prayed the entire night and then did many miracles the following morning. His very life is a prayer. It is His way of Life.
Sometimes it is hard to be faithful in my prayer time, but truly I have no excuse not to be. Jesus Himself proved that I cannot use the excuse that I am busy, or I am tired not to pray and talk to Him, He made sure I have His divine example to follow. And His example also promises that I will be able to do great things after praying too. He does not ask much anyway, a couple of minutes a day even just an hour; He gave every second of my entire lifetime after all. What I read once rings true to me now; God needs to hear my voice and what I want, not because He forgets but because, He loves to hear the sweetness of my prayers.
We have to pray, we need to pray. There really is no excuse not to.
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