Devoted to prayer

All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer… (Acts 1:14, ESV)

I was thinking on those words this morning. They were devoting themselves to prayer. Not just praying casually. Devoting themselves to it.

What were they praying about? I suppose they could’ve been praying about personal needs or personal spiritual growth.

But I get the feeling there were two things they were specifically focusing on.

“Let your Kingdom come.”

“Send your Holy Spirit. Fill us with power to help bring about your Kingdom.”

I strongly doubt they knew exactly what they were praying for, how exactly God would answer their prayer.

They probably had little idea precisely how the Kingdom would sweep across the Roman Empire.

They probably had little idea on what it meant to be filled with and empowered with the Spirit.

But they devoted themselves to praying for those things.

And God answered in ways beyond they could have imagined.

I want to pray as they did.

Lord, let your Kingdom come.

Fill me with your Spirit. Empower me to do your Kingdom work in everyone I touch today.