‘Do not be like them ‘for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. Pray then like this:…’ Matthew 6:8-9
Last week our ponderings led us to think about God as our Creator and our response in light of this truth. Which led me to think about who is God? Not who we think he is but who He says he is.
It will take us a lifetime to uncover all the truths surrounding God in all his names and how he displays his character to us. I thought a great place to start is where Jesus started with his disciples as he spoke to them during the Sermon on the Mount.
How do we or how should we communicate to God?
If God is our Creator do we have a right to converse with Him? After all, is he knowable, doesn’t his mightiness overwhelm our insignificance in comparison to Him?
Our first observation is that Jesus was teaching his followers, this wasn’t a general message for the world it was a relational prayer for believers.
Without accepting Jesus as our Lord and Savior then we have no right of access to God himself. Every human is an offspring of God but not all will become children of God. Why? Because not everyone will be willing to accept Christ’s invitation to recognise they’ve lived a lifetime rejecting God as their Creator and Sustainer and be willing to follow Jesus despite the personal cost of continually dying to self.
We’ll consider this further next week as we unlock the truth that Jesus laid before his disciples 2 millennia ago.
But for us today as we consider who God is and his willingness not to destroy us as his enemies but, to give humanity the offer of redemption, gives us a dilemma. Will we reject his offer outright before we fully understand our need of it? Or will we be willing to be drawn towards Him so that we can truly understand our need of Him?
We were never created for the independent life but the God dependent life. Which reminds me of a wonderful book written by a wonderful lady who went on to be Jesus’ vessel to transform the lives of so many people living independently of God. God used this book at the beginning of my journey as I began to respond to Christ’s call on my life and I wholly commend it to you.
Let’s catch up next week and consider God as our Father in heaven.
Living His Word 