The Secret Place of Prayer

The place where we find the guidance of the Lord is in the secret place of prayer – “When you pray, go into your room and shut your door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.” (Matthew 6:6)

The place of prayer is a place of solace and strength and a source of victory over temptation. But it is also a place where God gives you His leading, where He tells you what turn of the road to take, what path He wants you to tread: It’s where He tells you just what He wants you to do.

When Jesus called His disciples to Him and gave them their first public teaching in the Sermon on the Mount, He gave them to understand that prayer was a vital part of the new kingdom that He had come to set up, and that we must have a solitary place where we can be alone with God, some fixed spot where we can meet Him daily: There He promises to meet us.