I got up early one morning
                  and rushed right into the day,
I had so much to accomplish
                  that I didn’t have time to pray.

Problems just tumbled about me
                  and heavier came each task;
“Why doesn’t God help me?” I wondered
                  He said, “But you didn’t ask.”

I wanted to see joy and beauty
            but the day toiled on, gray and bleak;
I wondered why God didn’t show me.
            He said, “But you didn’t seek.”

I tried to come into God’s presence,
            I used all my keys at the lock.
God gently and lovingly chided
            “My Child, you didn’t knock.”

I woke up early this morning
            and paused before entering the day.
I had so much to accomplish
            that I had to take time to pray.

Author Unknown
Did YOU make the time to pray, really pray today?   Why not!

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My Commentary:

This simple poem uncovers a profound truth: busyness can quietly become a form of self-reliance.

The speaker rushes into the day with good intentions. There is work to do. Goals to meet. Responsibilities to carry. Prayer feels like a luxury. Yet as the hours unfold, problems multiply, joy fades, and frustration grows. The haunting refrain comes back again and again: “You didn’t ask… you didn’t seek… you didn’t knock.”

It echoes the words of Jesus in Gospel of Matthew 7:7  —  “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.” The promise was never absent. The invitation was always there. What was missing was the pause.

We often think prayer is for people who have extra time. The poem suggests the opposite. Prayer is for people who have too much to do. When we rush ahead without God, we carry the full weight of the day on our own shoulders. When we begin with prayer, we place the weight where it belongs.

Notice the turning point. Nothing in the schedule changes. The tasks remain. The responsibilities are still there. But the order changes. “I had so much to accomplish that I had to take time to pray.” That single shift transforms the day from gray to grace-filled.

Prayer is not an interruption of productivity. It is the foundation of it. It is not weakness. It is alignment. The door was never locked from God’s side.

Sometimes the most efficient thing we can do is stop, bow our heads, and ask.

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