Kneeling to God in Prayer Acts 21:4 - 5 4 And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem. 5 And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed. As we look at scripture we see that when Paul found fellow believers many times he would stay there with them a few days. This particular group of people, being led by the Spirit, asked Paul not to go to Jerusalem. Why they didnt want Paul to go to Jerusalem is not clear; was it because the Spirit revealed to them what would become of Paul if he went or was it that they wanted to spend more time with him. If it were a command from the Holy Spirit many believe Paul would have obeyed the command, nevertheless Paul left that place to continued on His journey. We see that once they were outside of the city they kneeled down on the shore and prayed. This is not something that we see very often in todays society, kneeling in public to pray. There are some who would see this as self righteous, or others would say that Jesus said that we are not to do these things in public, but rather go into our closet and pray in private or keep that kind of thing within the walls of the Church. If the Lord leads you to pray in public you should do so and if you feel led by the Spirit to kneel down in prayer then you should. If you look back at Acts 20:36 we will see another place when they kneeled down in prayer to God. Kneeling is a sign of humility and reverence to God and though it should always be an attitude of our heart, sometimes we must physically kneel down in prayer to God. The Bible speaks of kneeling down in pray in several places. Jesus, in Luke 22:41, while in the garden of Gethsemane kneeled down and prayed. Paul speaks of it saying, For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. (Ephesians 3:14) These two instances may not have been instances of public prayer, but we see that kneeling in prayer is what we should do. Daniel kneeled down in prayer (Daniel 6:10) and King Solomon kneeled down in prayer (1 Kings 8:54). There are times when I have heard of people kneeling down in prayer in public to receive Jesus as their Saviour and Lord. Kneeling in prayer to God is something that we should do and if led by the Spirit, we should do so wherever we are. May we find the humility in our hearts to do as the Holy Spirit leads, wherever He leads us to do it. May the peace and love of God be with you always!
Posted on: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 09:44:13 +0000
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