History tells us Abraham found shade for his family under a grove of large oak trees known as the “Plains (or the Oaks) of Mamre.” The trees were situated at the top of Mount Hebron as it looked over the area known as Sodom and Gomorrah. This site became known as “Abraham’s Oaks.” Historians and theologians alike believe this was the place where Abraham communed with God. It was here God answered Abraham’s prayer for a son to be his heir, and it was here he begged God to spare Sodom for his nephew Lot’s sake.

We will never make it through the storms of life without finding a place to meet the Lord. Isaac went into the field. Christ went to a mountain. Peter resorted to a housetop. Daniel’s place was by an open window.

Is there a place in your house or on your property where you feel especially close to God? Find a quiet, peaceful place and let it become your place of prayer.

Abraham’s place was special to him. It was a sacred place where he met with God. I believe this type of place was what the songwriter spoke of when he penned these words:

I come to the garden alone, while the dew is still on the roses,
And the voice I hear, falling on my ear, the Son of God discloses.
And He walks with me, and He talks with me, and He tells me I am His own;
And the joy we share as we tarry there, none other has ever known.

Had Abraham not had a place where he stood before God, Lot and his family would have burned with everyone else in the flames of Sodom. Do you have a place of prayer? People are counting on you to have a place where you and God meet every day.