Preparation Time

Time in prayer is time invested.  This quote stuck with me these last couple of days.  I realised I do not always invest as I should, but then my question was; what am I investing?  See, earlier we spoke of how we need to stay in the throne room of God.  How we need to serve other from that place within the presence of the Most High.  But what exactly am I investing when I say that time in prayer is time invested?

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. -Jeremiah 29:11

We know this scripture really well.  We quote it often when we are confused about what is happening next in our lives or what door to take.  But in context it gets a different flavour.

You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. 14I will be found by you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile.”  -Jeremiah 29:13-14

We never read this last part, do we?  We also have a responsibility.  We need to seek God.  Here the Israelites are promised a time of freedom from Babylonian captivity.  They will be brought to a better place.  A place of prosperity, yet this will also demand more from them. 

In the same way, we need to stay in prayer and spend time in prayer as often as possible.  This is the time where God can prepare our minds and our hearts for what He has in store for us.  Where we can get ourselves, ready and focussed for the future.  This is preparing for battle, for action or for whatever is coming.  This time that you invest, is time in which you are being built up.

So, in short it is of the utmost importance that we prepare for what God has coming for us.  Don’t be caught off guard.