Stillness and prayer

Prayer is powerful when it is a time of stillness.This is why for many prayer is difficult.

I remember a man who was known for his loud and distracting prayers. He either was putting on a show or lacked faith in God's hearing ability. Many think our prayers are about how well we word them, or the scripture references we use. However ask Peter, one of his most urgent and powerful prayers was simply, "Lord save me!" There have been moments where my most heartfelt prayer has been, "Oh God!".

Prayer really is about changing us, not God and most times is a perception or mind change in us. It is more about listening, not so much for a voice as a perspective. This takes quieting the mind, getting still and connecting with the Holy Spirit which is a religious title for God which is simply means "God on in the inside of us".

We are not necessarily able to stop all the mind noise and thinking but we can step back and observe our thoughts. This stepping back is our spirit (the real us)observing our mind. This creates space and stillness where we can hear from God. We don't need to so much pray through ( see last post for definition-"Wheres Waldo") but we simply need to step back from the noise and activity of the busyness of our mind. This is in a nutshell what meditation is. It is a practice that would benefit us on a regular basis.

Many people live their total lives in the constant noise of their own mind and have not experienced the stillness and the Peace of God that passes all understanding.

They live under the delusion that they are their thoughts, when in fact this is the ego. (the false self that is the story that your life experience has created. All the labels and identities you have given yourself or accepted from others. Some examples of this is; a victim, someone who is always sickly, poor, failure..etc) Many people believe these roles and labels about themselves when in fact they are really a spirit created in the image of God with limitless potential.




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