Pray Straight to the Point

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Matt. 14:30 “But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.”

Have you noticed, all of the prayers in the Bible are brief? All prayers of Paul in his letters are brief. Moses’ great prayer for Israel is recorded in only three verses. Elijah, on top of Mount Carmel as he stood alone for God against the prophets of Baal, prayed a great prayer which is only one verse long. Nehemiah’s great prayer is recorded in only seven verses. The prayer of our Lord in John 17 takes only three minutes to read. The Lord Jesus told us that we are not to use vain repetition as the heathen do—they think they will be heard for their much speaking.

But the briefest prayer of them all is the prayer of Peter in the verse above. It is “Lord, save me.” He cried out this prayer when he was beginning to sink beneath the waves of the Sea of Galilee. Some people think that was not a prayer because it was so short. My friend, that was a prayer, and it was answered immediately. If Simon Peter had prayed like some of us preachers pray on Sunday morning, he would have been twenty feet under water before he got to his request. I tell you, he got down to business. Prayer should be brief and straight to the point.