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I Have Made You Worthy

  •  Posted by Dion Todd September 6 - Filed in Devotional - 6,007 views

  • Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through Me. John 14:6 WEB

    When people around me started praying for someone, I would shy away or stand quietly by. If they really had their eyes closed and were praying the way they should have, they would not have noticed me anyway. I always thought, If they really knew me, they would not have asked for prayer.

    I never felt good enough to pray for others. When I was asked to pray, it seemed that all the things that I had ever done wrong in my life would come to remembrance at that exact moment. It was a real faith killer. One day while I was contemplating about these feelings, the Lord spoke back and said basically: Thats right. You will never be good enough to pray on your own, but I have made you worthy. It is through Jesus that we are made worthy to come into the Lords presence. We know these things and hear them, but many times it is only in our head, and not in our heart.

    We come to the Father through His Son Jesus only. If we walked into His presence without being washed in the blood of Jesus, we would disintegrate on the spot. We are not the way to the Father, Jesus is. When you feel you are not good enough to pray, you are right in a sense, but God has made you worthy through His Son Jesus. Your past no longer matters.

    When you say that you are not good enough to pray, you are placing yourself in the place of Jesus and thinking that you will talk to God using your own righteousness, which in my case, would not get me very far. Without Jesus, we are nothing and all of our righteousness is as filthy rags (Isa. 64:6). With Him, we are as white as snow (Isa. 1:18) and can pray boldly (Heb. 4:16). Jesus is the way to the Father, not us, and your past has nothing to do with praying. He does want to hear your voice.

    When given the opportunity, pray for others boldly. Speak out in faith thanking God for what He is going to do in their life. Lift them up, encourage them and speak blessings over their life. We are His hands and feet on this earth and He will use us to reach those around us. We cant help everyone, but everyone can help someone.

    Prayer: Father, I thank You for letting me pray for others. I ask that You give my spirit boldness and help me stand strong for You when the opportunity comes. Speak to me and through me Lord and give me the words to encourage others, in the name of Jesus Christ I pray.

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