I’m reading With Christ in the School of Prayer by Andrew Murray. Today’s lesson was “Alone With God.” In this lesson Murray encouraged me to find a secret place, an inner chamber, a place in my home where I can shut out the world and get shut up with God. This place should be beautifully appointed and visually appealing, and also warm, welcoming and inviting because it is, after all, the place where I am going to meet God in person!
Then I turned my attention to Day 1 of the 90 Day Jumpstart to Becoming the Woman God Wants You to Be by Donna Partow. This is a book based on Proverbs 31:10-31 where the famous/infamous Proverbs 31 woman is encountered and described. We’re taking a Jumpstart because there’s no way any of us will come close to emulating this paragon of virtue in a mere 90 days, yet we all have to start someplace, right? Today we’re challenged to write a Personal Vision Statement. Tomorrow we set up a Prayer Place.
Wow! Twice in less than an hour God has told me I need a special place set aside in my home where I can meet with Him every single day. It doesn’t have to be a huge space–a corner of a room, a closet–but it has to be special. It is there to that place that I will fly every day for the great joy and high privilege of meeting with my Father, just being with Him, soaking in His presence. And I don’t have to come with a list of requests or demands. He already knows. I am free to just sit in the Secret Space, the Inner Chamber, the Prayer Place and listen to what He has to say to me.
I’m rather stoked about that. I’ve already scoped out the place. Now I want to add candles, scented ones, some pictures, my prayer shawl, a comforter/afghan– and my Prayer Basket. I will be all set. Maybe I won’t mind jumping out of bed on these cold winter mornings if I have another comfy place to run to. The hardest part for me of getting up every day is leaving the warm, snuggly cocoon that is my bed–where I feel so safe, so secure, so serene.
But for the pleasure of meeting Him face to face? Being in the Holy Place with the Holy Presence? Oh yeah, I’m so there.
