Source (book): "Making All Things New", 52 Reflections to Challenge the Way You Live, Chapter 24, "Steering Wheel Or Spare Tyre?", Page 130.
By Robert M. Solomon, Bishop of the Methodist Church in Singapore from 2000 - 2012
By Robert M. Solomon, Bishop of the Methodist Church in Singapore from 2000 - 2012
PHOTO: There are
no atheists in the frontline trench. How true, for under fire, even the
man who had habitually denied God's existence desperately begin to pray.
Personal danger can turn the cynical atheist under fair weather into a
fervent theist who would shake the doors of heaven with supplication (plea).
Anything that brings us to God in prayer is good and salutary. But surely, praying only when we want God's help is not what God expects of us. Many Christians use prayer as an emergency button - to be pressed when needed. But prayer was not meant to be so.
Dutch concentration camp survivor and writer Corrie Ten Boom asks whether our prayer life is a steering wheel or a spare tyre. [1a] The driver's hand are always on the steering wheel, paying attention to it and using it all the time. The spare tyre, on the other hand, is largely forgotten until a punctured tyre is discovered. Then it takes centre stage, but only for a while - after the problem is solved, the spare tyre is forgotten again. Too many drivers, however, have discovered on lonely roads or busy highways that their spare tyres were too soft to be used - the price of constant neglect and lack of maintenance.
If our prayer life has become an emergency button or a neglected spare tyre, we have missed the essence of prayer. Prayer has to do with developing intimacy with God. If our prayer fixate on asking God for things we desire, we have certainly missed the point. Prayer is really about desiring God, more than anything else. As Sadhu Sundar Singh wrote, prayer is not asking God for the things we want, but rather the desire for God himself, the only giver of life. [2] Alas, our prayers often reveal misplaced or misdirected desires.
When we are converted from self-centredness to God-centredness, we discover true prayer. Self-centred prayers can be common among Christians, even when we pray for the church, as the great Baptist preacher Charles Spurgeon points out:
Moreover, if our praying, however earnest and believing it may be, is a mere asking that our church may prosper because we want to glory in its prosperity . . . then our desires are nothing but lusting after all. Can it be that the children of God manifest the same emulations, jealousies, and ambitions as men of the world? Shall religious work be a matter of rivalry and contest? Ah, then, the prayers which seek success will have no acceptance at the mercy-seat. God will not hear us, but bid us begone, for he careth not for the petitions of which self is the object. "Ye have not, because ye ask not, or because ye ask amiss." (James 4:3) [3]
Self-centred prayer pours loving attention on the self. It attempts to recruit God and His help to fulfil the self's desire and carry out the self's plans. Self-promotion and self-fulfilment are its primary goals. The purpose of such prayer resembles the "spare tyre" approach we looked at earlier.
True prayer, however, develops our intimacy with God. It pays unhurried attention to Him, cherishing and enjoying His presence. The purpose of such prayer is to know God, not to use Him. In a world where increasingly, people are used and not loved, it is easy for Christians to follow suit and bring a utilitarian (practical) attitude into prayer. They may wheel and deal with God, as they do in the world. In their conversations (or monologues) with God, they try to sell Him their agenda or manipulate Him to serve their goals.
However, our life is not ultimately about us, but about God. The many prayers that rise from the wretched prison of the self must, I am sure, bemuse (puzzled) and amuse the angels in heaven who hear them. How strange that people hanker after gifts from the one who is himself the greatest gift of all (2 Corinthians 9:15). How sad when our prayers show that we don't really believe that God has already written the final sentence in history. Instead, our prayers bulge with anxious requests, leaving no time or space for us to savour His wonderful presence. Our lack of faith makes us restless. We miss out on the joy and peace of quiet rest in His presence, of unhurried attention to Him, of receiving His life-giving love.
The solution is God-centred prayer. Let us recognise that God is at the centre of our lives and that our highest joy is to know Him intimately. Let is build our lives around prayer, and not prayer around our lives. Our Lord himself had regular times of prayer, regardless of how busy He was (Mark 1:35). His prayer was characterised by the way He always addressed the Father - "Abba", an intimate term that showed how prayer was essentially a relationship of profound love.
It is a rich and regular prayer life like our Lord's that would safeguard our poise and peace through life's challenges and dangers. Consider the prophet Daniel. When he was thrown into the lion's den, he was calm and undisturbed. Prayer was never a spare tyre for him. In fact, he was in the lion's den because prayer was his steering wheel. He had kept up regular rhythms of prayer despite opposition. With such a prayer life, he would surely have known God intimately. This gave him deep confidence in God, whose presence in the lion's den steeled him with faith, even in the ominous (menacing) air of hungry beasts breathing on his face.
How about you? Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tyre?
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Anything that brings us to God in prayer is good and salutary. But surely, praying only when we want God's help is not what God expects of us. Many Christians use prayer as an emergency button - to be pressed when needed. But prayer was not meant to be so.
Dutch concentration camp survivor and writer Corrie Ten Boom asks whether our prayer life is a steering wheel or a spare tyre. [1a] The driver's hand are always on the steering wheel, paying attention to it and using it all the time. The spare tyre, on the other hand, is largely forgotten until a punctured tyre is discovered. Then it takes centre stage, but only for a while - after the problem is solved, the spare tyre is forgotten again. Too many drivers, however, have discovered on lonely roads or busy highways that their spare tyres were too soft to be used - the price of constant neglect and lack of maintenance.
If our prayer life has become an emergency button or a neglected spare tyre, we have missed the essence of prayer. Prayer has to do with developing intimacy with God. If our prayer fixate on asking God for things we desire, we have certainly missed the point. Prayer is really about desiring God, more than anything else. As Sadhu Sundar Singh wrote, prayer is not asking God for the things we want, but rather the desire for God himself, the only giver of life. [2] Alas, our prayers often reveal misplaced or misdirected desires.
When we are converted from self-centredness to God-centredness, we discover true prayer. Self-centred prayers can be common among Christians, even when we pray for the church, as the great Baptist preacher Charles Spurgeon points out:
Moreover, if our praying, however earnest and believing it may be, is a mere asking that our church may prosper because we want to glory in its prosperity . . . then our desires are nothing but lusting after all. Can it be that the children of God manifest the same emulations, jealousies, and ambitions as men of the world? Shall religious work be a matter of rivalry and contest? Ah, then, the prayers which seek success will have no acceptance at the mercy-seat. God will not hear us, but bid us begone, for he careth not for the petitions of which self is the object. "Ye have not, because ye ask not, or because ye ask amiss." (James 4:3) [3]
Self-centred prayer pours loving attention on the self. It attempts to recruit God and His help to fulfil the self's desire and carry out the self's plans. Self-promotion and self-fulfilment are its primary goals. The purpose of such prayer resembles the "spare tyre" approach we looked at earlier.
True prayer, however, develops our intimacy with God. It pays unhurried attention to Him, cherishing and enjoying His presence. The purpose of such prayer is to know God, not to use Him. In a world where increasingly, people are used and not loved, it is easy for Christians to follow suit and bring a utilitarian (practical) attitude into prayer. They may wheel and deal with God, as they do in the world. In their conversations (or monologues) with God, they try to sell Him their agenda or manipulate Him to serve their goals.
However, our life is not ultimately about us, but about God. The many prayers that rise from the wretched prison of the self must, I am sure, bemuse (puzzled) and amuse the angels in heaven who hear them. How strange that people hanker after gifts from the one who is himself the greatest gift of all (2 Corinthians 9:15). How sad when our prayers show that we don't really believe that God has already written the final sentence in history. Instead, our prayers bulge with anxious requests, leaving no time or space for us to savour His wonderful presence. Our lack of faith makes us restless. We miss out on the joy and peace of quiet rest in His presence, of unhurried attention to Him, of receiving His life-giving love.
The solution is God-centred prayer. Let us recognise that God is at the centre of our lives and that our highest joy is to know Him intimately. Let is build our lives around prayer, and not prayer around our lives. Our Lord himself had regular times of prayer, regardless of how busy He was (Mark 1:35). His prayer was characterised by the way He always addressed the Father - "Abba", an intimate term that showed how prayer was essentially a relationship of profound love.
It is a rich and regular prayer life like our Lord's that would safeguard our poise and peace through life's challenges and dangers. Consider the prophet Daniel. When he was thrown into the lion's den, he was calm and undisturbed. Prayer was never a spare tyre for him. In fact, he was in the lion's den because prayer was his steering wheel. He had kept up regular rhythms of prayer despite opposition. With such a prayer life, he would surely have known God intimately. This gave him deep confidence in God, whose presence in the lion's den steeled him with faith, even in the ominous (menacing) air of hungry beasts breathing on his face.
How about you? Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tyre?
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There are no atheists in the frontline trench. How true, for under fire, even the man who had habitually denied God's existence desperately begin to pray. Personal danger can turn the cynical atheist under fair weather into a fervent theist who would shake the doors of heaven with supplication (plea).
PHOTO: There are no atheists in the frontline trench. How true, for under fire, even the man who had habitually denied God's existence desperately begin to pray. Personal danger can turn the cynical atheist under fair weather into a fervent theist who would shake the doors of heaven with supplication (plea).
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Anything that brings us to God in prayer is good and salutary. But surely, praying only when we want God's help is not what God expects of us. Many Christians use prayer as an emergency button - to be pressed when needed. But prayer was not meant to be so.
Dutch concentration camp survivor and writer Corrie Ten Boom asks whether our prayer life is a steering wheel or a spare tyre. [1a] The driver's hand are always on the steering wheel, paying attention to it and using it all the time. The spare tyre, on the other hand, is largely forgotten until a punctured tyre is discovered. Then it takes centre stage, but only for a while - after the problem is solved, the spare tyre is forgotten again. Too many drivers, however, have discovered on lonely roads or busy highways that their spare tyres were too soft to be used - the price of constant neglect and lack of maintenance.
PHOTO: Dutch concentration camp survivor and writer Corrie Ten Boom asks whether our prayer life is a steering wheel or a spare tyre. [1a] The driver's hand are always on the steering wheel, paying attention to it and using it all the time. The spare tyre, on the other hand, is largely forgotten until a punctured tyre is discovered. Then it takes centre stage, but only for a while - after the problem is solved, the spare tyre is forgotten again. Too many drivers, however, have discovered on lonely roads or busy highways that their spare tyres were too soft to be used - the price of constant neglect and lack of maintenance.
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If our prayer life has become an emergency button or a neglected spare tyre, we have missed the essence of prayer. Prayer has to do with developing intimacy with God. If our prayer fixate on asking God for things we desire, we have certainly missed the point. Prayer is really about desiring God, more than anything else. As Sadhu Sundar Singh wrote, prayer is not asking God for the things we want, but rather the desire for God himself, the only giver of life. [2] Alas, our prayers often reveal misplaced or misdirected desires.
PHOTO: If our prayer life has become an emergency button or a neglected spare tyre, we have missed the essence of prayer. Prayer has to do with developing intimacy with God. If our prayer fixate on asking God for things we desire, we have certainly missed the point. Prayer is really about desiring God, more than anything else. As Sadhu Sundar Singh wrote, prayer is not asking God for the things we want, but rather the desire for God himself, the only giver of life. [2] Alas, our prayers often reveal misplaced or misdirected desires.
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When we are converted from self-centredness to God-centredness, we discover true prayer. Self-centred prayers can be common among Christians, even when we pray for the church, as the great Baptist preacher Charles Spurgeon points out:
Moreover, if our praying, however earnest and believing it may be, is a mere asking that our church may prosper because we want to glory in its prosperity . . . then our desires are nothing but lusting after all. Can it be that the children of God manifest the same emulations, jealousies, and ambitions as men of the world? Shall religious work be a matter of rivalry and contest? Ah, then, the prayers which seek success will have no acceptance at the mercy-seat. God will not hear us, but bid us begone, for he careth not for the petitions of which self is the object. "Ye have not, because ye ask not, or because ye ask amiss." (James 4:3) [3]
PHOTO: Moreover, if our praying, however earnest and believing it may be, is a mere asking that our church may prosper because we want to glory in its prosperity . . . then our desires are nothing but lusting after all. Can it be that the children of God manifest the same emulations, jealousies, and ambitions as men of the world? Shall religious work be a matter of rivalry and contest? Ah, then, the prayers which seek success will have no acceptance at the mercy-seat. God will not hear us, but bid us begone, for he careth not for the petitions of which self is the object. "Ye have not, because ye ask not, or because ye ask amiss." (James 4:3) [3]
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Self-centred prayer pours loving attention on the self. It attempts to recruit God and His help to fulfil the self's desire and carry out the self's plans. Self-promotion and self-fulfilment are its primary goals. The purpose of such prayer resembles the "spare tyre" approach we looked at earlier.
True prayer, however, develops our intimacy with God. It pays unhurried attention to Him, cherishing and enjoying His presence. The purpose of such prayer is to know God, not to use Him. In a world where increasingly, people are used and not loved, it is easy for Christians to follow suit and bring a utilitarian (practical) attitude into prayer. They may wheel and deal with God, as they do in the world. In their conversations (or monologues) with God, they try to sell Him their agenda or manipulate Him to serve their goals.
PHOTO: True prayer, however, develops our intimacy with God. It pays unhurried attention to Him, cherishing and enjoying His presence. The purpose of such prayer is to know God, not to use Him. In a world where increasingly, people are used and not loved, it is easy for Christians to follow suit and bring a utilitarian (practical) attitude into prayer. They may wheel and deal with God, as they do in the world. In their conversations (or monologues) with God, they try to sell Him their agenda or manipulate Him to serve their goals.
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However, our life is not ultimately about us, but about God. The many prayers that rise from the wretched prison of the self must, I am sure, bemuse (puzzled) and amuse the angels in heaven who hear them. How strange that people hanker after gifts from the one who is himself the greatest gift of all (2 Corinthians 9:15). How sad when our prayers show that we don't really believe that God has already written the final sentence in history. Instead, our prayers bulge with anxious requests, leaving no time or space for us to savour His wonderful presence. Our lack of faith makes us restless. We miss out on the joy and peace of quiet rest in His presence, of unhurried attention to Him, of receiving His life-giving love.
PHOTO: However, our life is not ultimately about us, but about God. The many prayers that rise from the wretched prison of the self must, I am sure, bemuse (puzzled) and amuse the angels in heaven who hear them. How strange that people hanker after gifts from the one who is himself the greatest gift of all (2 Corinthians 9:15). How sad when our prayers show that we don't really believe that God has already written the final sentence in history. Instead, our prayers bulge with anxious requests, leaving no time or space for us to savour His wonderful presence. Our lack of faith makes us restless. We miss out on the joy and peace of quiet rest in His presence, of unhurried attention to Him, of receiving His life-giving love.
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The solution is God-centred prayer. Let us recognise that God is at the centre of our lives and that our highest joy is to know Him intimately. Let is build our lives around prayer, and not prayer around our lives. Our Lord himself had regular times of prayer, regardless of how busy He was (Mark 1:35). His prayer was characterised by the way He always addressed the Father - "Abba", an intimate term that showed how prayer was essentially a relationship of profound love.
PHOTO: The solution is God-centred prayer. Let us recognise that God is at the centre of our lives and that our highest joy is to know Him intimately. Let is build our lives around prayer, and not prayer around our lives. Our Lord himself had regular times of prayer, regardless of how busy He was (Mark 1:35). His prayer was characterised by the way He always addressed the Father - "Abba", an intimate term that showed how prayer was essentially a relationship of profound love.
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It is a rich and regular prayer life like our Lord's that would safeguard our poise and peace through life's challenges and dangers. Consider the prophet Daniel. When he was thrown into the lion's den, he was calm and undisturbed. Prayer was never a spare tyre for him. In fact, he was in the lion's den because prayer was his steering wheel. He had kept up regular rhythms of prayer despite opposition. With such a prayer life, he would surely have known God intimately. This gave him deep confidence in God, whose presence in the lion's den steeled him with faith, even in the ominous (menacing) air of hungry beasts breathing on his face.
How about you? Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tyre?
PHOTO: It is a rich and regular prayer life like our Lord's that would safeguard our poise and peace through life's challenges and dangers. Consider the prophet Daniel. When he was thrown into the lion's den, he was calm and undisturbed. Prayer was never a spare tyre for him. In fact, he was in the lion's den because prayer was his steering wheel. He had kept up regular rhythms of prayer despite opposition. With such a prayer life, he would surely have known God intimately. This gave him deep confidence in God, whose presence in the lion's den steeled him with faith, even in the ominous (menacing) air of hungry beasts breathing on his face.
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PHOTO: "Dear Lord, we pray that we have a rich and regular prayer life like our Lord's that would safeguard our poise and peace through life's challenges and dangers. May we keep up our regular rhythms of prayer despite opposition. With such a prayer life, may we know God intimately, giving us deep confidence in God, whose presence steeled us with faith, even in the ominous air of danger breathing on our face.
May this short prayer be our steering wheel, as a relationship of profound love with God. May we do not miss out on the joy and peace of quiet rest in His presence, of unhurried attention to Him, of receiving His life-giving love.
Through Lord Jesus Christ we pray. Amen."
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Reflection - Nurturing The Inner Life - Steering Wheel Or Spare Tyre?
Source (book): "Making All Things New", 52 Reflections to Challenge the Way You Live, Chapter 24, "Steering Wheel Or Spare Tyre?", Page 130.
By Robert M. Solomon, Bishop of the Methodist Church in Singapore from 2000 - 2012
Source (book): "Making All Things New", 52 Reflections to Challenge the Way You Live, Chapter 24, "Steering Wheel Or Spare Tyre?", Page 130.
By Robert M. Solomon, Bishop of the Methodist Church in Singapore from 2000 - 2012
"Faithful to the end", A Preacher's Exposition of 2 Timothy, @ 2014 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - Faithful to the end (Links)
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2017/06/reflection-faithful-to-end-links.html
"Finding rest for the soul" Responding to Jesus' Invitation in Matthew 11:28-29, © 2016 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - Finding rest for the soul (Links)
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2018/10/reflection-finding-rest-for-soul-links.html
"God in Pursuit" Lessons from the Book of Jonah, © 2016 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - God in Pursuit (Links) - PART I-III, posted on Saturday, 10 August 2019
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2019/08/reflection-god-in-pursuit-links-part-i.html
"God in Pursuit" Lessons from the Book of Jonah, © 2016 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - God in Pursuit (Links) - PART IV, posted on Saturday, 10 August 2019
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2019/08/reflection-god-in-pursuit-links-part-iv.html
"Songs of Christmas", The Stories and Significance of 20 Well-Loved Carols, © 2018 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - Songs of Christmas (Links), posted on Friday, 24 April 2020
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2020/04/reflection-songs-of-christmas-links.html
Reflection - Faithful to the end (Links)
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2017/06/reflection-faithful-to-end-links.html
"Finding rest for the soul" Responding to Jesus' Invitation in Matthew 11:28-29, © 2016 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - Finding rest for the soul (Links)
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2018/10/reflection-finding-rest-for-soul-links.html
"God in Pursuit" Lessons from the Book of Jonah, © 2016 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - God in Pursuit (Links) - PART I-III, posted on Saturday, 10 August 2019
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2019/08/reflection-god-in-pursuit-links-part-i.html
"God in Pursuit" Lessons from the Book of Jonah, © 2016 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - God in Pursuit (Links) - PART IV, posted on Saturday, 10 August 2019
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2019/08/reflection-god-in-pursuit-links-part-iv.html
"Songs of Christmas", The Stories and Significance of 20 Well-Loved Carols, © 2018 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - Songs of Christmas (Links), posted on Friday, 24 April 2020
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2020/04/reflection-songs-of-christmas-links.html
"Growing Old Gracefully", Following Jesus to the End, © 2019 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - Growing Old Gracefully, Part I - III (Links), posted on Wednesday, 09 December 2020
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2020/12/reflection-growing-old-gracefully-part.html
Reflection - Growing Old Gracefully, Part IV - V (Links), posted on Thursday, 22 April 2021
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2020/12/reflection-growing-old-gracefully-part_9.html
"Teach Us to Number Our Days", © 2008 by David Roper
Reflection - Number Our Days, Chapter 1 - 40 (Links), posted on Tuesday, 16 November 2021
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2021/11/reflection-number-our-days-chapter-1-40.html
Reflection - Number Our Days, Chapter 41 - 64 (Links), posted on Wednesday, 16 March 2022
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2022/03/reflection-number-our-days-chapter-41.html
"He Walks with Me - Devotions for Your Caregiving Journey with God", © 2018 by Our Daily Bread Ministries, Shelly Beach
Reflection - He Walks with Me (Links), posted on Tuesday, 16 August 2022
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2022/08/reflection-he-walks-with-me-links.html
Reflection - He Walks with Me (Links), posted on Tuesday, 16 August 2022https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2022/08/reflection-he-walks-with-me-links.html
"Classic Gem: Timeless Devotions from Our Daily Bread Authors", Copyright © 2021 by Our Daily Bread Ministries
Reflection - Classic Gem, Chapter 1 - 45 (Links), posted on 03 April 2023
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2023/04/reflection-classic-gem-chapter-1-45.html
"Classic Gem: Timeless Devotions from Our Daily Bread Authors", Copyright © 2021 by Our Daily Bread Ministries
Reflection - Classic Gem, Chapter 46 - 90 (Links), posted on Tuesday, 24 October 2023
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2023/10/reflection-classic-gem-chapter-46-90.html
Reference
[1] From "Making All Things New", 52 Reflections to Challenge the Way You Live, Copyright @ 2022 by Robert M. Solomon, Chapter 24, "Steering Wheel Or Spare Tyre?", Page 130.
[1a] "Is Prayer Your Steering Wheel." SermonQuotes, https://sermonquotes.com/sermonquotes/238-is-prayer-your-steering-wheel.html
[2] Sadhu Sundar Singh, At the Master's Feet (London: Fleming Revell, 1922), 4-5.
[3] Charles Spurgeon, "Ask and Have." Spurgeon Gems, https://www.spurgeongems.org/sermon/chs1682.pdf
[1a] "Is Prayer Your Steering Wheel." SermonQuotes, https://sermonquotes.com/sermonquotes/238-is-prayer-your-steering-wheel.html
[2] Sadhu Sundar Singh, At the Master's Feet (London: Fleming Revell, 1922), 4-5.
[3] Charles Spurgeon, "Ask and Have." Spurgeon Gems, https://www.spurgeongems.org/sermon/chs1682.pdf
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