Prayer

What is prayer for you?
Time you "should" give to God?
A moment of silent introspection?
A quiet muttering before a big meeting/test/date?

David gives us a better way to see prayer.
He's in distress... as usual.

And in Psalm 61, he cries out to God...
Psalm 61:1–2 (The Message) God, listen to me shout, bend an ear to my prayer. 2 When I’m far from anywhere, down to my last gasp, I call out, “Guide me up High Rock Mountain!”

But then these words:
Psalm 61:3–5 (The Message) You’ve always given me breathing room, a place to get away from it all, 4 A lifetime pass to your safe-house, an open invitation as your guest. 5 You’ve always taken me seriously, God, made me welcome among those who know and love you.

He knows he has a place to go and vent! What a picture of prayer. You don't have to act like you've got it altogether with the Omniscient One who already knows you don't. You have an invitation to be yourself with the Lord of Glory. 

And verse 5 - He takes you seriously and He always will! 
What a picture of prayer... that God bends down to us and listens to us. Us! Who are we to expect such a thing but God has put it in His word. And we know we can trust these words because David's life was tremendously miraculous and blessed no matter what the enemy threw his way. Evidently God did take him seriously, and welcomed David to be able to express his frustration and despair.

Perhaps our prayers suffer because our picture of God is so terrible. If we saw the God of the Bible for Who He is, we couldn't resist Him. 

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