BELIEVING IN PRAYER

Sir,

In the midst of winter I found there was within me an invincible summer; the secret of all great undertakings is hard work and self-reliance, so we think, but we ought not to forget the umbrella above such, which is divine intervention.

Before starting my day on one of the working days, I happened to attend an office meeting which, of course, was to propel us forward in our endeavours.

We could have discussed all that mattered in the meeting and left it at that but the chairperson decided we should close with a prayer. As the saint of God prayed, for that short moment I felt internal peace as if everything was just new and all was well. I then asked myself, why do we struggle so hard if prayer can bring such peace to a soul?

We encounter many problems in life, some of which are way beyond our efforts to solve; life gives us obstacles that we find become mountains right ahead of us.
We then tend to seek solutions based on our knowledge and some of us sometimes commit suicide which, of course, we can’t condemn because there are reasons why people do so. But, given all, we tend to forget the power of prayer. We pray for the better part of our lives and we lose the focus on our prayers, such that we then lose hope in the power of prayer. If we can pray with meaning and direction, we can be able to overcome most of our challenges.

Effective

I have been made to believe an effective prayer comes from a ‘born-again’ Christian but, according to my understanding of the Bible, it only requires faith, not devotion. That is one reason we always consider it as a long process because we think we need to be saved first to pray effectively.

To conquer one’s self is the best and noblest victory, but to be vanquished by our own nature is the worst and most ignoble defeat. We have to overcome our natures and think positively about the power of prayer, regardless of our stand on Christ. Five minutes of praying time can solve a year of unsolved problems.

Sibusiso Bhembe

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