https://odb.org/MY/2022/06/05/confident-in-god
One of the direct benefits of our relationship with God after accepting Jesus is the restoration of the direct line of communication with Him. Adam and Eve had that close contact with God in Eden but sin scuppered it when Satan deceived Adam and Eve to eat the fruit, the only thing they were forbidden to do. Only one single thing they couldn’t do and they made a mess of it!
Now witg Christ in our life, we may reach out to God in prayer or just plainly by calling Him in the name of Jesus. Just say, Father and we will have His ears. He is God, He can communicate and hear millions all at once, simultaneously. That is why nothing man-made can ever come close to God. In fact nothing man-made can even come close to reproduce the intricacies and complexity of a human body, or for that matter, any living mammal or animal. That is why God is God and we are only His creation! We are nothing compared to Him.
But as humans redeemed by the blood of Jesus, we may go one step further. We have the confidence that when we pray God listens. Not just have the means and privilege to pray but to pray and communicate with God knowing He hears and will speak to us too. If we were to ask anything in accordance with His will, He will grant us our request. So if we were to tell Him that we want to serve Him more, He will open the doors for us to do so. Or if we ask to be given a greater sensitivity to the move of the Holy Spirit, God will hear and grant us as all those are examples of things that are in accordance with His will. Or if we were to ask Him to mould and shape us to be more and more conformed to the image of Christ that we can fulfil our potential in God and fulfil His plans and purposes He has for us, surely He will not deny us? How soon will He answer will depend on our response and His timing. He does everything in His wisdom and time.
Let’s all approach the throne of God in confidence and boldness today as there is no more condemnation in Christ. Reach out to Him in confidence, He hears and listens and will act in accordance with His will even as we pray – Father, may Your will be done here on earth as it is done is heaven. Thus, may Your will for our lives be done here on earth as it is in heaven. Amen!
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