Now is the accepted time to pray

My Utmost For His Highest

 

‘It is not a question of praying and asking God to help you— it is taking the grace of God now. We tend to make prayer the preparation for our service, yet it is never that in the Bible. Prayer is the practice of drawing on the grace of God. Don’t say, “I will endure this until I can get away and pray.” Pray now — draw on the grace of God in your moment of need. Prayer is the most normal and useful thing; it is not simply a reflex action of your devotion to God. We are very slow to learn to draw on God’s grace through prayer.. […] Draw on His grace now, not later. The primary word in the spiritual vocabulary is now. Let circumstances take you where they will, but keep drawing on the grace of God in whatever condition you may find yourself. One of the greatest proofs that you are drawing on the grace of God is that you can be totally humiliated before others without displaying even the slightest trace of anything but His grace.’ CHAMBERS

 

(2 Corinthians 6:2 NKJV) “For He says: "IN AN ACCEPTABLE TIME I HAVE HEARD YOU, AND IN THE DAY OF SALVATION I HAVE HELPED YOU." Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.”

 

We often quote a portion of that verse when we are asking people to give their hearts to the Lord.  ‘Today is the day of salvation’ But there is more to it than that.  I was speaking and praying with an American pastor just this week … I told him about my oldest daughter and the physical challenges she was facing.  He asked if we could pray .. I told him that the best time to pray is always ‘now’.  So we did.

 

Our relationship with God .. our connection with Jesus is not supposed to be like a light switch .. something you can turn on and off … We to trust Him .. seek Him .. all the time in every circumstance … all the time  … God is faithful …

 

Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless You)