After His brutal crucifixion (John 19:16) Jesus went (Hebrews 9:12) with His own Blood into the Holy of Holies, to present before God His completed work of salvation. He had paid in full the sin-debt of all humanity of all time. Through His precious Blood I have been granted (Hebrews 10:9) full freedom to enter the Holy of Holies, the high and holy place (Isaiah 57:15) where God dwells in eternity. I have unbroken communion with the Lord and my prayer conversation (Romans 12:12, 1 Thessalonians 5.5-17) is continual with the Triune God of all wisdom and power. Sometimes my prayer is with words and sometimes with thoughts, depending on where I am at that time.
I have a set time each day for my prayer list for that particular day. Of course, your prayer system will differ from mine. Nothing matters but to maintain our intimate relationship with the Lord. God has invited me (Hebrews 4:16) to come confidently to the Throne of Grace. I leave the world and time constraints behind, and by faith I enter into the wondrous mystery and limitless scope of the perpetual NOW of Almighty God. As I kneel to pray at the Throne of God, He tells me that I am welcomed, loved and listened to. My prayers are formed in the heart of God and I pray for God’s will, God’s way, God’s timing, for God’s glory in the fulfillment of His purpose. When I’m praying, I exercise my kingdom authority and whether I pray backward or forward, the Holy Spirit makes my prayer effective at exactly the right time in the life of the person, place, situation or country for which I’m praying. One day while kneeling, by faith at the Throne of Grace, I had a sense that in response to my faith and beyond my faith, God was actually lifting me to His Throne of Grace.
But I couldn’t fully grasp it, get my mind around it, there was a missing link. I realized that this was a truth I needed so I asked the Holy Spirit to explain it and make it clear to me. One morning a few days later, I was just walking into the bedroom, when the Holy Spirit gave me a priceless jewel – the thrilling completion of the thoughts in my mind. He said – “Nothing about it is physical, but everything about it is real”. WOW !!!
God is concerned and involved with (Job 23:10) the way we take because (Psalms 37:23) He plans and guides every step and when He has tested us, He will bring us forth as gold. Our times are in the hands (Psalms 31:15) of our loving heavenly Father. God not only rules but He over-rules and undertakes according to our needs. God’s unfailing love and care are filled with His wisdom.
Last night thoughts began to form in my mind about the holy fear of the Lord. I thought the holy fear of the Lord was the trembling reverential awe we feel before the majestic Sovereign greatness of our God. But as I was musing the Holy Spirit showed me a different, deeper and more personal aspect of holy fear. I continued to meditate on these thoughts. Scripture verses came to mind.
We are instructed (Psalms 100:2) to serve the Lord with gladness for the privilege. We are also instructed (Deuteronomy 10:12) to obey the Lord with holy fear. We know that (Hebrews 7:25) Jesus the Son of God prays for us and that (Romans 8:27) God the Holy Spirit intercedes for us with groans too deep for words. Therefore, we must fear to grieve the Lord in any way and thereby interfere with and actually hinder the prayers of God for us. This was a completely new revelation to me and I am so thankful that the Holy Spirit not only intercedes for me but He continues to teach me and His teaching penetrates deep into my heart. Now I understand more clearly why (Proverbs 1:7) holy fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. The only way we can perfect godliness within us is (2 Corinthians 7:1) by our reverential fear of the Lord. If we are obeying God in holy fear, we are (1 John 1:7) walking in the Light and in that Light we continually see more about God to love. God never yells at me when I forget something, but He always gently and kindly reminds me.
I must decrease (John 3:30) into God’s purpose so that Jesus can increase in His purpose for my life. The Narrow Way (MAT.7:13-14) has narrowed all my interests to only the Lord Jesus Christ and the deep things of God.
I can do anything and everything the Lord tells me to do because (Philippians 4:13) with God’s commands, comes His power to obey. I pray that my mind (Colossians 3:2) will always be God’s workshop and never the devil’s playground.
Closer – closer – closer – To You Precious Jesus, Every Day