I always consider “ceasing” mean not stopping but always doing.
But the language the bible was actually written in and the translation can be
not always what you think. Stretching ourselves beyond our selves is the key.
It is about releasing the emotions and words in your heart to God in such a way
that there is no matter to who hears or sees, only what is between you and God.
I can’t tell you how bad I have been about the distraction of what others think
when I pray or the hurriedness I often feel from my family as we do our bedtime
praying. Lord, help me to let those distractions and things that are holding me
back from fully expressing my heart to you go. My heart is yours and let that
show in my prayers. Amen.
We
are told that that “prayer was made without ceasing...”
The word “ceasing” means “to stretch forth”. It is a medical term
that refers to a stretched ligament or a pulled muscle. It has the idea of “going beyond the boundaries”. When applied
to prayer, it is a picture of fervency. It is the picture of people pouring out
their hearts in prayer before the Lord as they seek His face for their needs.
That’s
the kind of praying we need to undertake. The promise of God is that “the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous men availeth
much,” James 5:16. The words “effectual
fervent” refer to “energetic
passionate” prayer. It is not prayer that is sluggish, lifeless,
unconcerned, casual, halfhearted, blasé and apathetic; it is prayer that pours
forth from a burdened heart. That kind of prayer reaches heaven and moves the
hand of God.
James 5:16 The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
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