BOLDLY COME BEFORE THE LORD!

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

MONDAY FEBRUARY 26, 2024. 

SUBJECT : BOLDLY COME BEFORE THE LORD!

Memory verse: "Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need." (Hebrews 4 vs 16.)

READ: Hebrews 10 vs 19 - 22:

10:19: Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, 

10:20: by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh,

10:21: and having a High Priest over the house of God,

10:22: let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

INTIMATION:

Prayer is our approach to God, and we are to come boldly. He is our Loving, Merciful, Loving, and Faithful Father. And He is also our King. We go to Him with reverence for who He is—our Holy Sovereign, and Awesome God. But also we will come to Him with bold assurance because He is our Father, Friend, Counselor, Compassionate, Faithful, and Loving Father. 

Being bold is being courageous which is a commandment from God Himself. In Joshua 1 vs 9, God said to Joshua, “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord Your God is with you wherever you go.” What else will anybody want than God’s presence wherever you go? Jesus emphasized this when He said, “I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” (Mathew 28 vs 20.) And today, we have the privilege of His being with us through the Holy Spirit indwelling us. 

The Holy Spirit is the very presence of God within all believers, helping them to live as God wants, and with the assurance of His help, we can appropriate the Spirit’s power each day in our daily lives. He knows everything about us because God is present with us. Haven known this, therefore, we should come boldly before Him, knowing He already knows everything about us. 

Some Christians approach God meekly with heads hung low, afraid to ask Him to meet their needs, and often forget what to say and how to say it. Others pray flippantly, giving little thought to what they say. The Bible in Ephesians 3 vs 12 says, "In whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him." It is an awesome privilege to be able to approach God with freedom and confidence, which Jesus Christ has instituted for us in redemption. 

Christ’s sacrifice transforms our lives and hearts and makes us clean on the inside. Our clean conscience allow us to enter God’s presence with boldness. By faith in Christ we can enter directly into God's presence through prayer. We know we'll be welcomed with open arms because we are God's children through our union with Christ. Don't be afraid of God. Come boldly, talk with Him about everything. He is waiting to hear from you.

Show me a child who is bold before the father, and I will show a believer who approaches our Heavenly Father with boldness. The believer knows He is the Father, and is aware of his or her right before the Father, and therefore, comes with all boldness to access his or her rights. It is a natural inclination that a child is as bold as a lion before the father, assured of his love, and readiness to offer the needed help as may be required. A child believes the father can do anything for him or her, hence the child’s demands with boldness on the father for anything he or she wants. 

It’s the same with our Heavenly Father. We should come boldly, and with full assurance of His love for us His children, and place our demands before Him, knowing His commitment to us as His children. Jesus said something remarkable about the father and child relationship: “Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent?. If you then, being evil, knows how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!” (Matthew 7 vs 9 - 11.) 

As earthly fathers, and fallible human beings are mindful of their child’s comfort and cares, so, and much how more, is our Loving, Holy, Merciful, and Perfect Father in heaven, who is love Himself. With all full assurance of His care for His children, we should approach Him with courage, knowing He is always there for us.

I remember when my children were growing up, when I am set to leave the house in the morning, they will come boldly to me with their requests, demanding that their requests be met immediately or they extract a commitment from me on those requests. And honestly I do my best to meet their needs in order not to diminish their natural inbuilt confidence in me as their father. How much more our Heavenly Father, the Creator and Owner of the entire ‘world and all its fullness,’ (Psalm 50 vs 12), He is always there for us, and encourages us to come boldly with our requests.

Prayer: Abba Father, Your lovingkindness is beyond description. Endue me with the spirit of boldness to approach Your Throne with full assurance of Your unending love for me, that I may obtain mercy and find grace to face all circumstances of life, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed, Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!