And this is
the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his
will, he heareth us: I John 5 v 14
We
need to have confidence in the Lord and His faithfulness to His promises.
We need to ask that His will be done on earth in our houses and our lives as it
is done in heaven. In heaven, everything is organised in such a way that it
pleases the Lord. All the mighty creatures of heaven and all the elders
prostrate themselves before the throne of the Lord. Everything is spoken
and done for the glory of God. There is no pride or attempt to equate
themselves with God in any manner but they completely humble themselves before
the Sovereign Lord. They spend their days in worshipping and praising the
Lord. When His will is done in like manner in our houses, our homes
become part of His kingdom, part of heaven itself. Our bodies are His
houses on earth. His pleasing will should be done in our bodies, minds
and homes.
When
we do the will of God, obey His commandments, seek and keep His Word in our
hearts as precious treasure, when we heed the Holy Spirit, the Lord
delights in hearing our prayers. He will grant us whatever we
ask in His Name. If we ask bread, He will give us bread. If
we seek His blessings, He blesses us. When we pray as the Lord
Jesus taught us, “Let thy kingdom come , let Thy will be done..” the kingdom of
darkness that rules through division, conflict, misery, sin, weakness, failure,
sickness, destruction will depart from our lives and His eternal dominion of
peace, goodwill, joy and blessing will be established in our lives.
Jesus, the only Son of God pleased the Lord by doing His perfect will on earth
while He walked here. This is the reason the Father hears our prayers when we
invoke the name of Jesus. The Father in His mercy and grace attributes
the qualities of Jesus to all who believe in His Name.
Once
the Lord reigns and rules in our lives, then we will be confident that whatever
happens is for our own good. That confidence will give us a sense of rest,
peace, security, joy and assurance. We will be anxious for nothing.
We will rejoice and revel in thanking and praising the Lord all the time.
The word “confidence” implies that we confide in that or whom we
have confidence in. We need to confide in the Lord our problems and life
issues, our hopes and desires but leave it to Him to grant it at the time of
His choosing and the manner of His choosing. When we
declare the Lord God as our confidence, we need to foreswear or forsake or give
up our confidence in any other source of strength hitherto that we have
knowingly or otherwise relied upon- be it wealth, ability, contacts, position
and so on.
Application: celebrate this day as a feast of
confidence in the Lord in all we think, speak and do today.
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