BOLD CONFIDENCE

October 7

BOLD CONFIDENCE

Psalms 5:1 Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.

When the Lord encouraged the prophet Isaiah to be bold in prayer he was told, . . . . . concerning the work of my hands command ye me (Isaiah 45:11).

The God that created the universe and everything therein has put himself at the command of mortal men and women. He is flattered when we request His attention. Don’t we like it when our children want and enjoy our company, when we feel that we are their closest friends and that they are not fearful to confide in us? But a child only acts that way when he knows in his heart that when he shares his most private emotions and feelings, there is a sensitive soul at the other end who will handle his heart with care.

In his hour of trial the psalmist has this confidence in the God who created Him. David has the utter confidence that God will ‘lend him His ears’; that He will be a faithful, diligent and sensitive handler of his deepest heart cry.

None of us who own the atoning blood of Christ should fear to enter in the temple of His presence. Whatever the fear, the doubt, the sorrow, the pain, the frustration, the emotion, He will handle our heart with the care, sensitivity, love and warmth of a mother with her newborn child.

How many of us pray, Our Father . . . but then, by failing to go to Him in our time of need, act as if we were orphans?

Lord, help us to believe your love, care, concern and dedication for us. Help us to remember your own Words of challenge and apply them to you, But if any provide not for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel 1Ti 5:8. Lord, you are not an infidel, so we know that you will care for us.

Hebrews 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.