THE SECRET OF CLOSENESS TO GOD!

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 2020.

SUBJECT : THE SECRET OF CLOSENESS TO GOD!

Memory verse: "But to You I have cried our, O Lord, and in the morning my prayer comes before You.” (Psalm 88 Luke vs 13.) 

READ: Psalm 5 vs 1 - 3:

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

5:2: Give heed to the voice of my cry, my King and my God, for to You I will pray.

5:3: My voice You shall hear in the morning, O LORD; In the morning I will direct it to You, and I will look up.

INTIMATION:

The secret of a close relationship with God is in constant communication with Him in prayers; praying regularly, especially praying to Him earnestly early each morning. In the morning, our minds are more free from problems, and then we can commit the whole day to God. Regular communication helps any friendship and is certainly necessary for a strong relationship with God. We need to communicate with Him daily.

There is no denying the fact that the lack of prayer is the bane of many individual members of the body of Christ. Prayer should be as natural as breathing and as enjoyable as eating. It should be as unconscious as our communication with each other. While being in constant communication with God, we must not lose the fact that we are communicating in fellowship with someone superior to us but has given us the privilege to come to Him. 

Jesus was a man of prayer. He was in constant communication with the Father, and greatly manifested God’s fullness. He taught us prayer, not as a slavish duty, but as a glorious privilege to constantly be in communication with the Father. God finds it easy to reach us as we constantly visit Him. Our visit to the Lord is fellowshipping with Him in prayers. By constant visit, we make ourselves available for His use. We will be in that prized inner-circle with Him, one of the trusted ones, with the attendant benefits of manifesting His fullness.

The believer is a ‘New Creation,’ created in Christ Jesus. He is brought into the family of God. He is an heir of God and a joint-heir with Jesus Christ. He is a child of God. The Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead dwells in his body. It is for this reason that Jesus said, "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father" (John 14 vs 12). 

Jesus, in His earth walk, as the Incarnate Son of God, beginning with His baptism, lived exactly as every child of God should live today. God wasn't any more His Father than He is ours. He was the Son of God. You are a son of God (John 1 vs 12). He was Deity. You are partakers of His Divine nature, that is Deity (Second Peter 1 vs 4). He had the Holy Spirit indwelling Him. You have the Holy Spirit indwelling you (Ephesians 1 vs 13).

Jesus didn't exercise His divine prerogatives during His three years' ministry any more than any child of God may exercise them. He didn't exercise divine power in excess of what every intelligent child of God possesses today. The difference is that Jesus was in constant communication with the Father, and knew what belonged to Him and used His rights. When you don’t know what belongs to you, denying yourself your rights becomes imperative.

Remember the song that says; “Pray is the key, prayer is the key, prayer is the master key; Jesus started with prayer and ended with prayer; prayer is the master key.”

Prayer: Abba Father, thank You for adopting as Your son, and the privilege of constant fellowship with You in prayer. Engrace me with the desire to be in constant communication with You in prayer, and in my closeness with You manifest Your fullness, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed, Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!