In our previous meditation, we identified partnership as a key element in the success story of Moses. Today, we shift our focus to another key, which is his communion with the Lord. Moses had a strong communion with the Lord. Call that a strong prayer life. Apart from the two times that he had protracted sessions of 40 days each with the Lord on the mount, there were other shorter times recorded. And if we judge by the number of times the phrase “and the Lord said to Moses”, we can conclude that he must have spoken a great deal to the Lord himself. Many of what the Lord said to him came as answers to his requests. While partnering with man is good, nothing compares with partnering with God which prayer is a cardinal way of contracting. Unless we partner with God through prayer, many of our efforts will be fruitless.

This is a pattern we find with men and women who achieved great things for the Lord. It is on record that a friend of Martin Luther once asked him what his plans were for the following day. He replied, “Work, work from early until late. In fact, I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer”. Interesting, isn’t it? He had so much to do that he had to spend the first three hours in prayer. What a contrast to us! It is when we have so much to do that we cut down on prayer time. People like Martin Luther and Moses realised that time spent with God is not wasted, rather it is easily replenished and makes our work easier, faster, and enduring.