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Prayer - A Priority

Two thousand years ago Peter issued this warning (1 Pet.4:7) - that time is fast running out. How much more urgent is it today! The age in which we live is so fast-moving that, with so many demands upon our time, more and more Christians are neglecting the priority of prayer. Someone has said, "that if we are too busy to pray, then we are busier than God intended us to be". Prayer is worth more than all the time it takes. If God is willing to live in our lives and strengthen our spirits through prayer, then it is blasphemous for us to wonder if we can really afford the time it takes to let Him in.

Tagore once told this parable, 'I had gone a begging from door to door in the village when a golden chariot appeared in the distance. It was the King of Kings! The chariot stopped where I stood, and the Master's glance fell on me. The Master held out His hand and said. "What have you got to give me?" I was stunned. A king opening His hand to a beggar. I was confused but slowly from my wallet I took out the least little grain of corn and gave it to Him. How great was my surprise when at the day's end I emptied my bag on the floor, and there I found a little grain of gold among the poor heap. I wept bitterly and wished I had given Him all I had'.

If we give God one moment He will turn it into gold, but if we give Him one hour - what then? As you learn to  love Him more you will crave more time to be with Him. You can be sure of this - whatever you give to God will be returned a thousand-fold. Start to share more moments with Him. He will turn then into gold.