What is a “closet” to you?

“But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet,” - Matthew 6.6

What is a “closet” to you?

Depending on where a person comes from, in the world, a “closet” can be different places.

To me, coming from South Dakota, USA, a closet is the cupboard/little room by the front door of the house where all the winter coats, boots, scarves, hats etc. are stored.  I don’t think I have ever prayed in one of those “closets”!

What Jesus is telling us to do here is make time, and find a place – for private prayer!

Someone has well said that in the Book of Genesis 24.63 Isaac’s “closet” was an open field.  David’s “closet” of prayer was his bed at times, Psalm 4.3-4.  Peter made a housetop his “closet” in Acts 10.5-9.  Jesus Himself found a mountain where He could be alone in prayer in a “closet”, Matthew 14.23.  The “closet” for Daniel was open windows, Daniel 6.10. The point for us is, “when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.”

Pastor