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"...one of His disciples said to Him, "Lord, teach us to pray..." Luke 11:1
Many, if not most, people would think that this must have been one of those "delayed disciples." One who sat "in the back of the class." Surely this was not one of those who had spent the most time and had learned the most from our Lord. Indeed, I think that it must have been. In my heart I hear John the Beloved Disciple asking, "Lord, teach us to pray."
You see, it is easy to pray, but it can be very difficult to pray for the right thing. It would be very easy for us to ask, "Lord, teach
me to pray" because we tend to look out for ourselves and our interests. But it is those who sit in the front of the class, who have spent the most time listening to and learning from the Lord, who ask for Him to "teach
us to pray."
When Young, Southern Baptist…And Irrelevant? was first published in the Baptist Courier in late February, I didn’t anticipate the response and conversation that it has generated across the Southern Baptist Convention. In fact, I have been amazed at how the simple, personal reflection that was first drafted in October of 2010 out of concern for our vision and mission as a denomination has struck such a deep chord with so many Southern Baptists.
