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Watching Over His
Word
By Suzanne Leitz |
I'm so glad the Lord watches
over His Word to perform it (Jeremiah
1:12). In
Isaiah 55:11, God says, "So shall My word be that goes forth out of My
mouth; it shall not return to Me void--without producing any effect,
useless--but it shall accomplish that which I please and purpose, and it shall
prosper in the thing for which I sent it." This means I don't have to strive
to get God to answer my prayers, or worry that He may not have heard me. God
is not a man that He should lie (Numbers
23:19,
Hebrews 6:18), and if He has made a promise to me in His Word, I can
be assured that He will bring it to pass.
Many Christians lack this
assurance. they feel their prayers are answered on the merit of the prayer
itself, or on the merit of their own good deeds, or else they are unsure if
what they prayed for is God's will.
I John 5:14-15 is a tremendous reassurance to me:
14Now
this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything
according to His will, He hears us. 15And if we
know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions
that we have asked of Him.
That's so clear and plain and
reassuring! If I ask according to God's Word, I can KNOW it WILL come to pass!
God's not trying to withhold His blessing from us; He DESIRES that we
appropriate them. That's why He told us plainly how to have our prayers
answered
II Chronicles 16:9a says,
9For
the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show
Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him.
As God's eyes are looking to and
fro, I want them to stop with me as He says, "Hey! Here's somebody to whom I
can show Myself strong."
OK. I know you saw the part
about the person being blameless, and you thought, "No one can qualify." Well,
if there's no person with a blameless heart, then God wouldn't even be looking
for him or her. First of all, if you have received Jesus into your heart and
He is truly Lord of your life, you are blameless
in heart because of His blood which cleansed you from your sin. After that, if
you sin, you can confess your sin and He will forgive you and cleanse you from
all unrighteousness (I
John 1:9).
And here is a very important
point. Read what Jesus said in
Mark 11:22-25:
22“Have
faith in God,” Jesus answered. 23“I tell you the
truth, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and
does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it
will be done for him. 24Therefore I tell you,
whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will
be yours. 25And when you
stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your
Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.”
Notice you must forgive. You
MUST forgive (Matthew
6:12;
Matthew 18:21, 35;
Luke 6:37;
Luke 17:3;
1 John 1:9;
Ephesians 4:32;
Colossians 3:13;
Proverbs 17:9).
God does watch over His
Word to perform it on our behalf. Sure, we have a part to play. Our part is to
put God first, to diligently seek Him. Hunger after His Word so that you
delight in it and are eager to comply. I believe you do have a hunger, or else
you wouldn't be reading this. Jesus said in
Matthew 5:6 that those who hunger and thirst after righteousness WILL
BE FILLED. His Word is filled with blessings for us. Having found them, we can
pray for them to be manifest in our lives, KNOWING that they will, because it
is HIS will.
© 2005 by Suzanne Leitz |
Power Tools:
Jeremiah 1:12
Isaiah 55:11
Numbers 23:19
Hebrews 6:18
1 John 5:14-15
2 Chronicles 16:9a
1 John 1:9
Mark 11:22-25
Matthew 5:6
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