Sometimes Prayer is Knowing Where You Sit
There are many different postures for prayer – kneeling, standing, bowing, lying prostrate or even pacing. I suppose we all have our favorite posture for prayer depending on the situation. But there is something that is so much more important than our physical position in prayer – and that is knowing our spiritual position.
Ephesians 2:6 says, “And raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.” This tells us very specifically where we are seated, where we are positioned spiritually. We are seated in heavenly places in Christ Jesus! This is so amazing and so empowering!
We are not groping around in the dust and mire of this earth hoping that maybe out there somewhere God just might hear our pitiful little cry for help. No! Our prayer is not a lone and puny voice straining to be heard in the cacophonic chaos of this world. No!
In Christ, we have been raised above the distracting events and the harassing noise of the conditions of the world around us. We are seated in heavenly places where we can see life’s circumstances from an eternal perspective. We are seated in heavenly places where we can be heard by God, the One who is seated on the Throne, when we simply whisper His Name. We are seated in heavenly places where in prayer we can enter a heavenly conversation with God – where we can hear His heart and know His ways as well as pour out our hearts to Him.
When I attended my first Aglow meeting many years ago, someone mistakenly seated me at the head table. I leaned over and asked the president if I should find another seat. She said, “Just sit up straight and act like you belong.” According to God’s Word, we have been seated in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. And that’s no mistake. We really do belong there!
So, when we pray, whether we kneel or stand or bow or walk, we can pray with the confidence and authority of those who are seated in heavenly places.