I don’t know about you but I am deeply encouraged by the articles on prayer. You might want to check Prayers in the Lifeline Centre.
It keeps reminding me of the glorious heritage we have in Christ Jesus. That is access. Access; not to a representation of God as it was in the Old Testament, but access to God himself. You and I have been ushered into the very presence of God. I just love it. Think of this – It is in Him we live, we move and we have our being Acts 17:28. I love the last part – it is in God I have my very existence. Col 3:3 says our life is hid in Christ with God. There is no struggle here. I am not attempting to get in. I am in already.
Is this a feeling I should have only at the place of prayer? No!! It is not even a feeling it is the consciousness that anywhere, I am in constant communion, fellowship, bond with the father. It is in actual sense the reality of my being. Eph 2:6 says that you and I have been raised up together with Christ Jesus and have been made to sit together with him in heavenly places. Verse 22 says that we are being built a spiritual temple for the habitation of God through the Spirit. Friends, we are in.
Away with that beggarly mentality of trying always to get in somehow by hook or crook. Through songs and tears. But you don’t need to ‘tear’ your way in. Romans 5:1 says that since we have been made righteous by faith we have access by faith into this grace that we now stand in. This is the reality friends we have access like none other.
Heb 12:18 – 22 says it in a way I love. After comparing the events at Mount Sinai – unlike the children of Israel who were told expressly not to approach the mount, a phrase is used to describe us. He (the writer of Hebrews) says WE HAVE COME (toMount Zion, to the city of the living God). I am not coming, I shall not come, I will not be coming. I HAVE COME
This is our heritage friends. What an access. This would re-order your prayers. Relate with Him as a father. Don’t fear. You are not afar off. You have been brought near.
Remember, He that is joined to the Lord is one spirit together with Him. 1st Cor. 6:17
– Dr bolaji akanni
