Prayers that get heard!
In my study this morning, I came across John 9:31, it reads: God doesn’t listen to sinners, but He is ready to hear those who worship Him and do His will. Think about that for a moment. Our Elohim (unlike humans) considers no sin greater than the next. Sin is sin to Him. With this in mind, when you choose to not pay your tithes, gossip, tell a ‘little white lie’, have un-marital sexual relations, watch a little porn, speed down the highway, abort precious babies and so forth…then later that evening pray for His divine blessings, protection & provision in your life, you can rest assured that your answers will be delayed! So, if many of your prayers are going unanswered maybe (of course not all situations), just maybe, those continuous, remorseless acts of sin in your life are putting a barrier between your communication with God.
How can you fix this problem? Read the second portion of the same verse. “Those who worship Him & do His will be shall be heard”. Now for you ultra religious & legalistic folks (this was me just a few months ago), don’t go thinking it’s all about saying, “Lord forgive me for all my sins known & unknown before you get into any prayer” out of ritual. It is good & right to ask for forgiveness in prayer; as it is the model Jesus gives us in Matthew 6:9-13 but it is really about our core desire to be in love with & always pleasing to our Heavenly Father, it is about our relationship with Him. When we truly want to show our dedication to someone, we tend to want to do nothing that will damage they way they see us. We go out of our way to impress them. When we have this type of passion & desire on the inside of us for our El Elyon; we naturally move away from things that would cause us to break His heart be it the music we listen to, the groups we join, the places we go, the things we say, the way we respond/act, the way we think..what it is we simply remove it & replace it with things that are pleasing to Him. You see the Bible tells us plainly in Luke 16:10,11 NLT: 10 “If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones. But if you are dishonest in little things, you won’t be honest with greater responsibilities. 11 And if you are untrustworthy about worldly wealth, who will trust you with the true riches of heaven?”.
Note: please don’t think money, a big house, a good job or prestige are indicators of your righteousness. This is the world’s way of thinking. These things are nice to have & God desires to bless us with material things but our ‘real’ riches are in Heaven depending how much ‘real’ work we put in.
When we view life through our Heavenly glasses we can see the ease of life, we desire to obey Him and with this obedience all the things that the world chases, pursues, and rejects God for are given to us without any work at all because He blesses us with all we desire & adds no sorrow with it (Proverbs 10:22). Our hearts, our core self must desire to always do the things that are pleasing to God!
Fall on your face before God and be honest with Him about your selfish motives, your sinful desires or your lack of knowledge. He is waiting to reconnect with you!
Elohim means Our Creator & Judge
El Elyon means The Most High (Sovereign)
Until Next Time,
Kisha Guzman
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