A friend
posted today that she was a bit short on birdhouses for the growing population
in her yard. She asked if anyone knew where to get some inexpensively. I read
hear post and thought, “Gee, I’ve got several kits left over from working with
our Cub Scouts. I could make her a couple and do it for free.” The price had
already been paid (for the materials), as a friend has frequently said. So I
let her know she could have them and then I went to work.
We have a
God that wants us to bring our prayers of all sorts to Him and to entrust Him
with them. We have a God who has promised to hear the prayers of those who seek
Him. And we have been given, if you have trusted Christ for your salvation, the
Holy Spirit to work inside us and even to bring our prayers to our Heavenly
Father especially in those times when we don’t even know what to say.
Romans
8:26-27 In the same way the Spirit
also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the
Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words; and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind
of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will
of God.
We also know from Scripture that one way
to hear from God is to get quiet before Him and to spend time in His Word.
Today Sarah writes about our need to listen to our God.
Today in
“Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young (4/22)
Listen to Me
continually. I have much to communicate to you, so many people and situations
in need of prayer. I am training you to set your mind on Me more and more, tuning
out distractions through the help of My Spirit.
Walk with Me
in holy trust, responding to My initiatives rather than trying to make things
fit your plans. I died to set you free, and that includes freedom from
compulsive planning. When your mind spins with a multitude of thoughts, you
cannot hear My voice. A mind preoccupied with planning pays homage to the idol
of control. Turn from this idolatry back to Me. Listen to Me and live
abundantly!
So if the
Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. John 8:36
Many are the
plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails. Proverbs
19:21
“My sheep
listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.” John 10:27
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