‘The voice of prayer is never silent, nor dies the strain of praise away.’ John Ellerton
It is so exciting to realise that 42/7 prayer is ascending up to heaven. When I am asleep I am not praying (though it is a time when God continues to care for me). Most of the people in my country will not be praying, only insomniacs and night workers. This doesn’t mean that there is no prayer all round the world.
Prayer will be uttered by the shepherds in Bethlehem, in spite of the country being war-torn. When they sleep prayer will be sent up from the mountains of Nepal and the plains of New Zealand. When we are distracted, others will be praying. There will never be an absence of prayer.
It’s an exciting thought, as some sleep others are taking up the baton. Wave upon wave will be wafted up to heaven, or shot up in the form of arrow prayers. Some will be short prayers, others will be long and elaborate will hear them.
‘The sun that bids us rest, is waking our brethren ‘neath the western skies, and hour by hour fresh lips are making Your wondrous doings heard on high. John Ellerton