Foster continues his illustration of a home by explaining that the key to these various rooms is prayer and the door is Jesus himself. Of course, this is Christ's own illustration in describing himself as the only way to the Father in salvation. But this takes it a hair farther with Christ being the way to the heart of God in prayer. I am not sure of the implications of this - perhaps it simply means that because we are in Christ, we have access to God in prayer.
He then tells a simple, profound story of a father with an overwrought toddler in a shopping mall. After trying many things to help the toddler to settle down, the dad simply picks him up and sings over him - to him. "Prayer,"says Foster, "is a little like that." I struggle to imagine myself nestled in the arms of God while he sings over me - while he whispers to me. But I think it is a worthwhile exercise.
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