Trusting God: Draw Near to God
As the sun rises over the fields of corn, Felicia creeps out onto the porch that wraps around the old weathered house. At the corner of the house is an octagon shaped sun room where her brother sleeps. As she walks around the corner, she peeps through a window and sees Jr. on his knees faithfully praying. Years later, she shares this memory from her childhood with me. This is how my father's youngest sister remembers him.
Years later, a little girl opens her bedroom door to see her father on his knees with head resting on the couch. The sun was not up yet but there was enough light for her to see him praying. Fourteen years later, she walks through the kitchen and sees him in his bedroom on his knees weeping before the Lord in prayer. These are my precious memories of my father, a man of prayer.
After my father passed, we found short prayer requests written by passages in his Bible. He prayed for each of us as we grew up, he prayed for his brothers and sisters, he prayed for neighbors, and he praised God for answered prayer.
In my father's world, to draw near to God was through prayer. Through prayer we repent of our sins, receive salvation, give thanks for each day and all God supplies for us, commit each day to God, and send our petitions to Him. Prayer is our tool to separate us from the tools of Satan. In this world, Satan is spreading his propaganda and evil ways, and we need God to keep our hearts pure and protected against the devises of Satan.
Psalms 73 verse 28 says, "It is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord God, so I will declare all His works."
But, Psalms 73 does not begin with trusting in God. The psalmist is envious of those fools that have it all (3). "These are the ungodly who prosper in the world; they increase in riches." (12) Then, "until I went into the sanctuary of God" did the psalmist understand the end of the foolish (17). Realizing their end, he is grieved and sad (21) because "they will perish." (27) Now, the psalmist understands why he needs the Lord. He needs to be on his knees praying for the perishing. He knows that it is better to trust in the Lord than to have the riches of the world. He will trust in the Lord and "declare" the works of the Lord to save the foolish of the world.
In conclusion, this is why I'm committing to prayer in my prayer closet.
This is why we need to be on our knees praying and growing our faith daily; it is best for us to draw near and put our trust in our God, so we can declare the Word of God to the lost.
Years later, a little girl opens her bedroom door to see her father on his knees with head resting on the couch. The sun was not up yet but there was enough light for her to see him praying. Fourteen years later, she walks through the kitchen and sees him in his bedroom on his knees weeping before the Lord in prayer. These are my precious memories of my father, a man of prayer.
After my father passed, we found short prayer requests written by passages in his Bible. He prayed for each of us as we grew up, he prayed for his brothers and sisters, he prayed for neighbors, and he praised God for answered prayer.
In my father's world, to draw near to God was through prayer. Through prayer we repent of our sins, receive salvation, give thanks for each day and all God supplies for us, commit each day to God, and send our petitions to Him. Prayer is our tool to separate us from the tools of Satan. In this world, Satan is spreading his propaganda and evil ways, and we need God to keep our hearts pure and protected against the devises of Satan.
Psalms 73 verse 28 says, "It is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord God, so I will declare all His works."
But, Psalms 73 does not begin with trusting in God. The psalmist is envious of those fools that have it all (3). "These are the ungodly who prosper in the world; they increase in riches." (12) Then, "until I went into the sanctuary of God" did the psalmist understand the end of the foolish (17). Realizing their end, he is grieved and sad (21) because "they will perish." (27) Now, the psalmist understands why he needs the Lord. He needs to be on his knees praying for the perishing. He knows that it is better to trust in the Lord than to have the riches of the world. He will trust in the Lord and "declare" the works of the Lord to save the foolish of the world.
In conclusion, this is why I'm committing to prayer in my prayer closet.
This is why we need to be on our knees praying and growing our faith daily; it is best for us to draw near and put our trust in our God, so we can declare the Word of God to the lost.
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