Do you desire a quiet life? Are you seeking peace? Do you wonder how you can achieve it? How are you praying? Who are you praying for? Do you give thanks in your prayers? Are you praying for the leaders of your country? Are you praying for the leaders of the company you work for?
A quiet and peaceable life is something most of us desire. We would prefer to not have the drama, heartache, disappointment, frustration, anger, hurt, or the feeling of helplessness most of us experience. The quiet and peaceful life seems to continually escape us.
The Apostle Paul tells his understudy, Timothy, he can lead a quiet and peaceable life. The key to a quiet and peaceable life is prayer. Paul emphasizes this by stating it four times — supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings. It is in our continual communion, continual interacting with God that we will find the quiet and peaceable life.
Notice that Paul states we are to pray for everyone. If your prayer list is like mine, there are numerous people on it…and many others that should be. Quite honestly, we could be praying for every person we meet every day. Paul also states we should specifically pray for the leaders of our nation, community, schools, and corporations.
It is in our communing with God, giving him thanks for all his blessings and interceding for everyone we know or meet that peace comes upon us. That peace is not of our doing but a blessing from God. He grants us peace for obeying his will. For God wants us to care about others and pray on their behalf. This is serving others, putting them ahead of ourselves.
I pray we all spend more time in prayer. I pray we intercede for all leaders we know of. I pray each one of us continually commune with God, giving him thanks for his many blessings. Spend more time in prayer. Intercede for everyone. Continually commune with God. Thank God for his blessings.
1 Timothy 2:1-2 First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone, for kings and all who are in high positions, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity.
Marty Pressey 