Saturday Reading: Isaiah 59:1-8
Key Verse: Isaiah 59:1
1 Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
Devotion:
How many times have you turned round and said “I must not be doing this right because God is not answering my prayers” and then wondered why things have gone downhill instead of sorting themselves out? Far too many times in our lives we tend to ask God for something a few times and then give in and say “Oh well, it must not be His will”. Have you not heard that God is Almighty? Have you not heard that nothing is impossible for our God? Have you not heard that it is He that has made the universe? If you think for one moment that God is not capable of answering your prayers, then I fear that you have given in to your own limitations even before you have trusted God.
When we are commanded to have faith in Christ it is neither a fickle faith that we need to display nor a half-hearted faith that we need to try and stand on. Christ has said that we should build on a firm foundation, a rock, something that will stand the test of time and, well, everything! The only Rock that we can therefore stand on that will accomplish such a task is our Lord Jesus Christ. He is. He will always be. He was there during creation and will be there when things ‘come to an end’. He is the one whom we should be directing our prayers to because it is He that laid His life down for our sins. He is the One that has given us something to stand on. He is the One who will always be... so why should we seek anything else other than our Lord and Saviour?
He has promised to answer our prayers so long as we bring them to Him. If we ask Him once and forget about it, then have we asked in faith or just because we may have been desperate at the time? Christ wants us to know that our prayers will be answered when we do bring everything to Him in faith. That faith must be built on love that we have for Christ. That faith must be faith and not just a fickle thought. Christ wants every one of us to know Him and love Him and trust in Him alone. He wants us to display that faith so that others will be encouraged by it. Whether you read a love story or stern warning from the prophets, Christ stands as our Rock!
Points to Ponder:
Do you have doubts?
Do you realise on whom you are depending?
