PROPER POSTURE FOR PRAYER

What's the proper posture for prayer anyway? Should we kneel? Should we stand? Should we close our eyes? Should we fold or clasp our hands? Etc., etc., etc.

Somewhere in my files, I have a poem about a farmer who was apparently faced with the same question. His answer was, "The prayin'est prayer I ever prayed was standin' on my head!" Seems he had fallen into a well head first and that's when he prayed, desperately prayed! I don't recall how his prayer was answered, but it must have been answered or he wouldn't have been able to tell his story!

For me, one of the prayin'est prayers I ever prayed was sitting in my car, eyes wide open, while sliding down an icy off-ramp! At the bottom of the ramp I needed to make a 180-degree left-hand turn. But the car wasn't responding to my efforts. It was headed for a field straight ahead where another car had already landed! And I was headed for that other car!

I only had time to utter two words as I took my hands completely off the steering wheel and my feet off all foot pedals. "The Blood!" was all I had time to pray -- not even "The Blood of Jesus," or "Help me, Lord," or "I plead the Blood." Just "The Blood!" But that was enough! With my hands and feet off all controls to my vehicle, the moment I voiced "The Blood," that car made the smoothest left-hand turn you could ever hope to see, and I was on a road free of ice and snow!

I think the Scripture we quoted in yesterday's blog says it all and answers the question of proper posture for prayer: "And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart." (Jeremiah 29:13)

Searching for God with all our heart is the key to effective prayer. Posture has nothing to do with it!

Preacher's Kid

P.S. I haven't been able to kneel for more than ten years, thanks to arthritis and osteoporosis! Thank the Lord that doesn't hinder me from praying while in a sitting position and even while lying in bed!