Through Prayer We Offer Our Lives To God

Ephesians 2:19-22
Luke 6:12-19

Before you make a critical decision in your life do you pray? Is there anything prayer cannot do? In today’s Gospel, Jesus while praying asked for wisdom from His Heavenly Father before choosing twelve men of faith who loved Him and would be faithful to His purposes ( Luke 6:12; John 14:21-14).
When we call on the name of the Lord, we are lifting our minds and hearts to God. There is a bond. A relationship between a Father and a son or daughter. There is companionship. There is sacrificial love. And of course, that captures today’s feast of the Apostles Simon the Zealot and Judas Son of Alpheus. There were companions of Christ. They were with him from the cradle of Christianity. They died for the sake of the kingdom which has been given to us as a privilege. We are called to pay attention to those God has sent to us. Good people of God and Angels in disguise.

Jesus also taught us the importance of going to our Heavenly Father with our requests. If Jesus needed to be in prayer all night before making an important decision, how much more do we need to “never stop praying” (1 Thessalonians 5:17) and read His Word for His wisdom and guidance?
Before you make a step in your life. Before you take that step that defines your destiny. Before you make a definitive choice I implore you to pray to the Heavenly Father who loves us and gave us His Son to die for our sins and bring us to righteousness in earth and the eternal bliss in heaven. Anyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved. Romans 10:13

Fr Joseph Osho