A Little Prayer for You

We just received a sad news that one of our friend has to undergo surgery for cancer, on the same time one of our own member just went for her knee surgery and recuperating at home with a lot of pain from the surgery, few minutes later my wife received an sms regarding the condition of one of our young member who is struggling with distress and the condition of his loved one who is not well abroad.

In one side, the help of technology has given us a leap stone of information. In a short moment, we have heard all the pain and suffering of our beloved one all over the world. However, it is also the ironic part of it that despite all the technology and advancement in science, pain and suffering still become part of human's life.

Looking on all this matter, it is great to understand and to believe that somehow the ancient communication method does still works its wonder. Prayer.

In a world where benefits and result often justify the means and effort, prayers has changed its function from a relationship based conversation to a business deal, marketing effort of Christianity, and sadly to say an ATM Machine. Prayer somehow has led many to think that God's answer is more important than the flow of the communication with Him.

I do believe in miracle, and truly belief that God does the wonder and magic in a supernatural way. But i dont believe in the conversation that is purely BASED on that PURPOSE alone. That God is our Genie in a Bottle, or that Fairy Godmother who come when we have a wish to fulfil and went back to the Bottle and Fairyland when we can have achieved all the things on our own method.

I went back to the time of David, and read all the songs and plea that he wrote or dedicated to him. I found the sense of intimate expression between the person who wrote that song. Somehow i got the feeling of how deep and tense this relationship between David and His God. It doesnt only limited to David. Abraham, Moses, Elijah, and other Old Testament prophet had reached that intimacy of relationship that has been long gone from the culture of the 21st centuries.

This is somehow ironic, that God of the Old Testament often pictured as the angry God, who easily angered with the action of His subject. Yet in the eyes of His true people, there is a sense that they saw Him as a person who are so close, so able, and willing to listen until all things that works around their life are driven and centered at this amazing God. When they cry they pour the heart out as a person who has nothing to keep and hide, yet when good things come to their life, their praise was so grand as if it was they are praising someone so dear to them.

Prayer never meant for fulfilling human desire to the fullest, but rather bringing the two realm of world the Sinful world and the Throne of Mercy closer than ever. That the Creator put all His attention and care to this small tiny planet called earth.