..."Father," I thank you that you have heard me.
John 11:41 (NIV)
All too often, we question as to whether or not God hears our prayers. Yet we see Jesus praying to the Father in full expectation that He would be heard. It is in the fact that Jesus has only a consciousness of His Father. Therefore, He knows that He will have His prayers answered. So then, how do we have assurance of that fact? We are the temple of the Living God and His Holy Spirit (1Corinthians 3:16). When we allow Jesus to be formed in us then the Father will always hear and answer our prayers. The questions to ask further are; are we allowing that formation of the Son of God in us? Does He have a chance in us? Is the simplicity, of the life of Jesus being worked out in us? When we have trials and tribulations or any sort, is the prayer of Jesus the prayer in us? "In that day you will no longer ask me anything. I tell you the truth, my father will give you whatever you ask in my name' (John 16:23 NIV). What day? the day we have become one with Jesus by means of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
How does Jesus view our lives? Is He satisfied with our lives or do we have spiritual "roadblocks" that hinder our worship and witness? The Gift of God is not common sense. That is for our nature. The Gift of God is His Son. It is supernatural sense given to us through and by means of His Son. We can never come to the Father through our common sense. We cannot come to the place where we worship the Father without the indwelling of His Son. It is when we keep ourselves in perfect subjection to Him and allow Him to works through us moment by moment. We live in total dependence upon Jesus Christ and His life manifested moment by moment. the Father answered the prayers of Jesus and He is willing, able, and ready to do the same for us. Will we trust Him for the answer?
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I agree with all you said here, I have always felt that my common sence has put me where I am, I still believe that for me "common sence" has helped me understand more and God has used that in me as my understanding instead of so many words I don't understand. I think there are a lot of people out there who have so much education or knowledge that it takes away the easyness of understanding God's love, it's easy, by faith we accept Him, with love and work in any relationship we grow in our faith and trust, like any human, we will make our mistakes, but I know that I keep trying everyday and some days are a lot better than other, then there are those that I see a growth that surprises me, but this is me and how I love the Lord and know without Him in my life I wouldn't be sitting here now typing.
ReplyDeleteI am glad to have found this blog. Am not really ready to make any comments at the moment until I have spent some time reading the entries for a few days or weeks. Thank you for making something like this available.
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