Prayer may not be a word that in general needs to be explained, but it is helpful to be reminded of things about prayer occasionally. First, my favorite definition of prayer is that it is a natural conversation between us and God. Exodus 33.11 gives us an example, “So the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend.” Therefore, we can pray to God anywhere, and everywhere and just talk to him about what is going on. Recently I heard a song from the 90’s by Lost Dogs. Here are some of the lyrics.
In the submarines and tanks
In the S and Ls and banks
In the cancer wards, the prisons and the bars
On the earth and on the moon
In the closet, in your room
In the flop houses, the think tanks and the farms
To the salesman forever trying to sell
To the faithful daughter walking to the well
Oh, pray where you are
Pray where you are
In the fields and in the factories
There’s no limits, rules or boundaries
At work or school or driving in your car
Pray where you are
In the desert, off the shore
In peacetime and in war
In the pentagon, the court rooms and the malls
In the tents and in the caves
At the truck stops, by the graves
In our hopes and fears and struggles great and small
To the corner bum that no one seems to hear
To the president who prays for four more years
Oh, pray where you are
Pray where you are
In the fields and in the factories
There’s no limits, rules or boundaries
At work or school or driving in your car
Pray where you are
And so let us pray wherever we are, whatever we are doing. He is right there with us through the Holy Spirit waiting for us to talk to him.
In Christ Alone
Pastor Gary
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