"Pray Always"

"My sons, be not now negligent: for the Lord hath chosen you to stand before Him, to serve Him, and that ye should minister unto Him, and burn incense." (2 Chronicles 29:11) Hezekiah's charge to the Levites; when he began his reign in Jerusalem; when he was twenty five years of age. I thought this charge best fit the description of what Jesus meant by 'pray always' in Luke 21:36, because there is an obligation that we have, kind of like watchmen, to not only be prepared ourselves, but to serve God in the process. To best understand what it is that I am talking about, we should realize what the word 'pray' means that Jesus is using within the context of His statement. The word used is 'Deomai', which means to be reduced to want; to lack for oneself, to need; to make a request, ask as an inferior of a superior. Coupled together with the word 'always', which is the word 'kairos', meaning season, or opportune time; fit time, proper season; or time appointed. In the Bible that I use, there is a caption right above Luke 21:34 that says, Be Watchful; this is important to us that are living in these last days. Primarily because we are His chosen people, we have an obligation to watch for His return; it is not just out of necessity for ourselves to be ready, but also for the purpose of serving Him; which makes our position as those that stand before God all that more important. If you understand that these are the last days, and you have knowledge of the kind of events which must come to pass, then you must realize that this is the appointed time for prayer; not just a prayer, but prayer that is lifted to God as the incense burnt within the temple: constant, as in ongoing; so that there is always the smell of that incense in the air. Praying every time that there is a mention of one of these events which must come to pass may not be enough; how about praying at every hint of those things which are distractions, and that cause people to take their gaze off of God? This is where Hezekiah had found himself being appointed king: "For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord our God, and have forsaken Him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the Lord, and turned their backs. Also they have shut the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel." (2 Chronicles 29:6 & 7)