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Friday, March 22, 2013

The God Who Hears


(Part 2 of 3)

 "Do not be afraid, Daniel, since the first day that you set your mind to gain understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them.”

                                                                                                  Daniel 10:12

The idea that we serve a God who hears was not isolated to Elijah. Here we read in Daniel 10 how the angel of the Lord told Daniel that his words were heard the first day he prayed them. In Acts 10:31 a man in shining clothes appeared to Cornelius and declared:

“Cornelius, God has heard your prayer and remembered your gifts to the poor.”

In fact, in John 11:41-42, Jesus said:

“Father, I thank you that you have heard me. I know that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here that they may believe that you sent me.”

Elijah, Daniel, Cornelius and Jesus all prayed and believed that their words were being heard! They understood a valuable principle found in Isaiah 59:1:

“Surely the arm of the Lord is not too short to save nor his ear too dull to hear.”

It is God’s desire to hear us. He is supremely capable of hearing. There is nothing lacking in the prayer equation on God’s part. Yet, knowing this, many of our prayers seem to go unheard. The revelation of the problem is found in Isaiah 59:2:

But your iniquities have separated your from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you so that he will not hear.”

According to this passage, it isn’t a lack of faith or doubt that hinders God from hearing us. It is sin! Sin silences our petitions. Before we begin to question why God may not have answered our prayers, we have to ask ourselves if there is anything in our life that would have caused Him not to hear us. We can sabotage our own prayer life by not dealing with sin. The key to God hearing us is tied to righteousness.

Pastor Scott Burr

http://faithandworshipseries.blogspot.com/

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