"If you are not praying, then you are quietly confident that time, money, and talent are all you need in life. You'll always be a little too tired, a little too busy. But if, like Jesus, you realize you can't do life on your own, then no matter how busy, no matter how tired you are, you will find the time to pray." -Paul Miller
It is true. We are far too confident in ourselves. We don't realize how dependent we really are. But in reality, there is not a muscle I can move or a thought I can think without God granting it to be so, for all things are held together by Christ (Col 1:17). Our lack of praying reveals more than we want it to. Our lack of praying says we don't need God, but God says we do.
Martin Luther truly understood his dependence in God, as seen in quotes such as this: "Tomorrow I plan to work, work, from early until late. In fact I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer." May our hearts attitude towards prayer be like his! That the more we have to do the more we depend on God and seek Him in prayer!
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