Prayer puts our life in order. Often we are too busy to pray, thinking that the urgent things that rush us in the morning are more important than taking time to quiet down with the Lord. Many times we are too tired to pray, thinking that our bodies need to hit the bed because of the strain of the day's activities rather than be filled by the Lord.
When we are lured to this mentality, we will even become more busy and even more tired. We forget that prayer, through our Lord, puts it in the right perspective. So the lesser we pray, the more our priorities get out of order. This makes us busy with the wrong priorities, thus having more work.
When neglecting to pray and meditate, we only use our physical strength and neglect to tap the immense power of our spiritual strength. Our physical and mental abilities can only bring us to certain limit. But the spiritual strength that God gifts us through the Holy Spirit, can make us achieve what is impossible. Jesus, being both human and divine, knew the value of prayer. In those days he departed to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God (Luke 6:12)
The connection of ourselves to Christ, exposes the deceptions of the devil that leads us to sinfulness and pride. The lower we bow down in prayer, the higher the Lord lifts us up in our lives. He redirects us away from the evil's schemes and brings us forth to His path. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness;and all these things shall be added unto you (Matthew 6:33). If we are living according to the order that God wants for our lives, we shall truly experience the fullness of what God has in store for those who love Him.
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