Twelfth Meditation on Prayer: In Prayer We Surrender to Our Master

As Jesus in prayer surrendered to the Father in his darkest hour of testing (Luke 22:42) so in submissive prayer we surrender our souls to the Almighty. In moments of our trials and testing, we acquiesce, wanting his will to be accomplished in our lives. We open our hearts to the One who is the anchor of our soul in times of difficulties and distress, knowing he will never leave us or forsake us (Heb 13:5).

In prayer, we ask God to give us a heart of surrender, knowing that it is the surrendered heart that lives for the glory of God. Through being touched by God’s grace as we rest in his presence, our desire grows for fuller obedience to our Master. In our prayer closet, the Spirit breathes on us, and we are changed to live to please him.

Remaining before the Almighty we surrender to the Spirit of truth so that he may lead us into all truth. Surrendering in prayer leads to freedom. We are free to know and love the One who has redeemed us through his shed blood. Through prayer there is an ever–growing liberty, enabling us to walk in the Spirit, producing the fruit of the Spirit (Gal 5:22-23), putting to death the desires of the flesh (Rom 8:13).

Prayer is the heart’s plea for God’s will to be done on earth as it is done in heaven (Matthew 6:10). We beg for God's will to be done and not our own (Luke 22:42). 

In prayer we lay our lives on his altar, trusting that in his faithfulness his eternal purposes will be manifested in us and through us. In the secret place of surrender we find divine consolation and comfort from our Father who is in heaven (2 Cor 1:3-4).

Prayer is a child desperate for heavenly mercy, reaching out his hand and grasping the hand of his loving Father to find grace and help in the time of need (Heb 4:16). Prayer is a life’s devotion (Col. 4:2 NIV). We must never, ever stop praying (1 These 5:17 NLT).