It is not prayer,
This clamour of our eager wants,
That fills the air
With wearying, selfish plaints.
It is true prayer,
To seek the Giver more than gift;
God’s life to share
And love–for this our cry to lift.
“If two of you shall agree.” Why two? What is the advantage of two over one in prayer? Why may we not pray alone, singly, each one in his own closet, quite as well and as effectually as when two are together? Why is there a special promise to the prayer of two agreeing? Will not the things asked for be given as certainly when one prays as if two united in the request?
Jesus said also, “Where two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them.” Why will He be present more really, with fuller blessing, where two or three are gathered together than where one bows in faith filled supplication? Why are two better than one in praying?
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