Can Sleep Teach Us To Pray?

I don't know about you, but prayer can be "work". Sometimes I feel that I'm in the "zone" and other times it seems that I am in my own small world. This got me to thinking about prayer and the nuances associated with it and I came upon an idea that I have never heard anyone speak or teach about, but that I doubt is entirely original. (someone once said, "there is nothing new under the sun") Anyway, what if prayer is like sleep? Think about it. What does the process sleep look like? Well, for most of us, we lay down, close our eyes, try to slow the mind down, and relax. Of course depending on the day and what is going on in life at the time, sleep may not come for a while. It can take several minutes, half and hour, or longer sometimes, but here is the point....it takes TIME! Time man! And this is where we miss it in prayer. We don't take adequate TIME to get into the "zone" and then we wonder why our prayer life is unfruitful. There is no magic formula to this, but just like sleep, there is a process and it takes time.



I would love to hear your thoughts on this idea. Try it. See if it works for you and report back here.

Shalom,

Brooks