What a tough week it has been. :(
A heavy burden
that I am bearing.
Last Sunday, I accidentally knocked on my home bunny and fractured her left hind leg. Feeling very sad this whole week, Will tell you about how bunny is coping in my future post
Going to my
place of solitude, to spend time with my Heavenly Father, to pour out my grief
and to hear from Him. I have come regularly to this quiet place to pray, to
reflect and to hear the voice of my Father. It is the place where I encounter
HIM.
This is the
park just across my house, a quiet and shady park about 400m in circumference
planted with tall trees, mango trees and coconut trees. Every time I walked up
the steps of this Sea Shell Park, I would be reminded of Jesus going up to the
Garden of Gethsemane, a garden planted with olive at Mount Olive in Jerusalem
and there He spent quiet moment in prayer. What was Jesus’ prayer like? How did
the Father speak to Him during those time of solitude and prayer? As busy as
the Lord was, He has always put solitude and prayer as priority. He prayed
early in the morning before dawn (Mk 1:35), he prayed after a busy day of
teaching and feeding the 5000 (Mk 6:46) and most of all, he prayed the whole
night while others were sleeping before his crucifixion.
What I encounter through
Prayer
As for me, many a time when I pour out my emotion of sadness and anxiety onto Him, I am assured that He cares for me (1Pet 5:7). Also, I like to come up to this park to pray as the place is shady and windy. With the wind come also the peace of God flowing towards me.
There are
times when I heard God telling me to wait as I prayed for a cell member
who was suffering from cancer. To hear Him say WAIT, I remember Psa 27:14 “Wait
for the LORD, be strong and let your heart take courage. Yeah, wait for the
LORD” To wait means to keep praying. Then came the good news from that cell
member who told us about the miracle healing!
There was a frightening
kind of answer I got from God some years ago while praying for someone who is
suffering from cancer. A cell-member was asking for prayer for his son-in-law. In
one instance, as I was praying for this sick brother-in-Christ, I heard God
telling me that he will die. It was frightening to hear such an answer in
prayer. I also felt God wanting me to stop praying for him. After a year or so,
he indeed past away into glory land.
What Prayer mean to me
Prayer is
not so much about I wanting my way but willing to follow God’s way. So, when I
start praying, I will always pause in the midst of my prayer and try to hear
what the Holy Spirit is telling me how I should pray. I believe this is what
the Bible calls – “Pray in the Spirit”. To pray in the Spirit then is to pray
what the Holy Spirit want me to pray. What if we can’t hear what the Holy
Spirit is speaking to us as we pray? Yes, sometime God remains silent. He
usually does as He want our companionship. Then keep praying as what comes to
your mind. God delight in hearing us pray and so by keeping silent, we continue
to pray until He speaks. We need to pray, pause & hear, pray, pause &
hear … It takes patient (Love, Joy, Peace, PATIENT, ….) even in prayer. This is best done
in solitude (alone, with God) and not
in group prayer. This is also where I sharpen my spiritual ears to hear from
God.
Matt 11:28 Come to me, all who labour and
are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn
from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest
for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my
burden is light.”
Are you still bearing your heavy burden? Cast them all to God in prayer
Agape & Shalom
Peace
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