PRAYER NOT IN NOISE WE MAKE, UNKNOWN TONGUES PEOPLE USE

Sir,
 Prayer is a matter of the heart, said Henry B. Eyring. This suggests that prayer is not quite in the noise we make, thinking that the louder we are the true the prayer is. Neither is prayer in the unknown tongues people often use. There’s a difference between a thing and its symbol. That which symbolises something is not the thing in reality. It is merely representative. Speaking in certain words is not necessarily prayer. It merely symbolises it. We often times go through certain routines which we think are prayers when we are actually disconnected from true prayer.

Prayers

Often we wonder why our prayers are not answered yet we have not really prayed. If we believe in a God, we may be tempted to blame Him for not coming through for us, particularly when an avalanche of problems beset us, seemingly unceasingly. Sometimes we make the mistake of seeking to counsel our Creator instead of taking counsel from Him. I even doubt if He would do for us what we can do for ourselves. Probably this is where we meet shipwreck – we allot to Him what He has allotted to us, meaning, expecting Him to do for us what He has put within our power to do. The Victorian writer, James Allen, in ‘As a man thinketh in his heart’, says something which if we understand would solve enormous problems for us on the subject and practicality of prayer. Allen says; “Not what he wishes and pray for does a man get, but what he justly earns.’’

Wishes

His wishes and prayers are only gratified and answered when they harmonise with his thoughts and actions.” In Bob Proctor’s words, prayers are always answered. This line of thought may be offensive to one who knows not the laws and dynamics of prayer. Allen uses phrases and words like ‘justly earns’, ‘thought and actions’ which we should think about and seek to understand. I say no more on this issue, for I seek to cover more on the subject. The biblical Mark recorded something interesting about prayer.

Mark11: 24 says; “Therefore I say unto you, what things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.” See that he doesn’t say ‘believe that ye shall receive (the future)’ but ‘believe that ye receive (a present fact)’. Allen spoke about ‘thought’. Mark gives us other indicators – ‘desire’, ‘believe’ and ‘receive’ on the matter of prayer. Desire sparks the thought of what we want, and the more we think about something the more our belief about that thing increases. But how do we receive as per our desire, thought, and belief?

We speak using the language of the heart (feeling), not the voice, as if the thing is already happening or has already happened. Listen to Jesus just before raising Lazarus from death in John11: 41; “And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.” This is a high level of faith or belief. He speaks as if the rising of Lazarus has already happened. He doesn’t say, “Father, can you hear me.” Learn how to ask, and learn how to receive. The universe doesn’t understand words, but understands the language of the heart – feeling. Remember, in our language we say ‘inhlitiyo ngumtsakatsi’, or ‘inhlitiyo iyadala’ (the heart creates or manifests). Surely, prayer is a matter of the heart. We pray unawares every day for bad and for good.

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