Note: originally published September 15, 2007
*Part 1
Got a minute? I pray that you will give it to God.
Of course, ‘Got a minute?’ is just an expression. It may take a couple of minutes to read this and perhaps more to consider it.
I have an electric toothbrush with a one minute timer. I must confess to you (and my dentist) that I have great difficulty waiting the full minute before I finish brushing.
I have heard others ask our boss, ‘Got a minute?’ and had to wait the better part of an hour for my time to communicate some question of importance.
I have had complaint of my prayer of thanksgiving at the table taking too long. I remember my favorite prayer of my childhood was, “God is great, God is good, and we thank Him for this food. Amen.”
In considering a more mature thankfulness to God and our hurried neglect for prayer, I have regularly prayed for more than the food. (At least it is something of family prayer, be it ever so brief.) Yet in deference to the Lord and our family, I doubt these small offerings of prayer have ever lasted even one minute.
Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
I do not pray without ceasing as I should. Thankfully, after frequent urging of my wife, I pray more often (even for more than a minute); yet petition weighs heavier than the brief praise given to the Lord for the many blessings He has given us.
Got a minute for prayer?
May the Spirit of truth convict us that even in a minute of prayerful silence not taken, the Lord may hope to speak to our hearts.
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