About Christianity

in the past, commoners don't get to see the king whenever they want. we can always see on drama (chinese dramas especially) that sometimes people risk their life to get an audience with the king. seeing the king may sometimes involve risking their lives. people work and die for the king, yet they do not see the king.

queen esther in the Bible also risked her own life to see the king. when people risk their lives to see the king, it meant that a certain matter or situation had gone out of hand and that even if they die, they had to see the king. that was how difficult it was to see the king, how important the meaning attached to it.

for us christians, we are granted unlimited audience to the King too. not just the king of our country, but the King of all creation. to see a human king, one had to get through many troubles and levels of security. to see a human king sometimes means it is the honor of a commoner. for us, if we compare ourselves to the great God who created everything, we are less than a commoner.

we are a human in planet earth, which is in solar system, in the milky way, in a cluster of galaxies i don't know call what, in the universe, in the world which is part of all creation. we are less than a commoner. however, we are granted access to the great King with no strings attached. we don't need to risk our lives. we can always talk to Him whenever we felt like it. in fact He loves if we speak to Him. we can depend on our King when we have troubles... which other human kings do that?

and to have an audience with the king, all we need to do is to get down on our knees and pray. i don't know about you, but it seemed that people don't get on their knees when they pray. for me i do. well it depends on personal preference though. so to pray is easy. we can do it everyday, anytime, be it morning or day, anywhere, be it in the forest or out in the sea. we can pray together or alone. He will listen to us. how wonderful is that.

but the problem is, because this access had been given to us, we tend to take it for granted. what is a privilege will become a right after a long time. what had become a right will not be treasured. like how you might not treasure the freedom to vote. like how you might not treasure the freedom to get married to the person you like. because it is our right. we don't think too much of it. sometimes we even make a mockery out of it.

i admit, for me sometimes i don't pray properly. i did fell asleep while praying before. i got into repetitive and mechanical praying. if i am the king and my subject slept while talking to me, or that he keeps repeating the same thing over and over again as a routine, maybe i will just chop off his head. or will i?

praying for the same thing over and over again is not wrong, for the Bible encourage us so. but to keep on saying without understanding the meaning, only repeating the words, that is wrong. i mean you would have experienced that too right? after praying for a certain thing for a period of time, we tend to forget the meaning and get mechanical, like a machine programmed to repeat the same words every night before we go to sleep. that is wrong. that is insincere. maybe i have no right to say it, for i am like that too.

what i want to say is, prayer is an access and honor given to us. with it, we can ask for help. with it, we can communicate with the King of all creation. not the king of the nation, not the king of the world, not the king of universe. but the King of everything. this is a short post. so, if today you read this, maybe you would want to give prayer the reverence you should give. for prayer is like talking to God. and when we talk to the King, it is important that we give our proper respects. am i not right?