December 29, 2019, 1 Chronicles 17:16-27 – Post 2 – ISSL Reflections

V.
How are you hearing David pray?

We are told, “he went in and set before Lord.”

Then we hear him pray, “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far? And even this was a small thing in your sight, O God … “

And as he prays he recounts some of the ways God has brought him to this particular moment and the place Israel has come to.

VI.
Of the many things that can catch our attention in David’s words, one that stands out to me is his saying, “… your servant has found it possible to pray before you.”

I invite you to review David’s words and see what you notice that makes it possible for David to pray.

But, don’t stop there. What makes it possible for you to pray? Do you have a “place” (maybe it’s a physical “place” or even an inward “place”) that helps make prayer possible for you? Or, maybe it’s you reviewing where God has brought you? Maybe you can look over your personal history and notice God’s presence?

VII.
As we close our reflections on David’s prayer (and our prayers), allow me to share a few words from Richard Foster,

“In the beginning we are indeed the subject and the center of our prayers. But in God’s time and in God’s way a Copernican revolution takes place in our heart. Slowly, almost imperceptibly, there is a shift in our center of gravity. We pass from thinking of God as part of our life to the realization that we are part of his life. Wondrously and mysteriously God moves from the periphery of our prayer experience to the center.”

(From: Richard Foster, Prayer: Finding the Heart’s True Home, p. 15).

charles
{ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est}


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