Today I want to share a portion of Jerry Savelle's devotional for today, with a little tweaking!
The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and His ears are open to their cry. (Psalm 34:15 NKJV)
Because of your righteousness in Christ, you can stand in the presence of God as though your sin had never occurred. You can stand in the presence of God without a sense of fear, guilt, or inferiority. You can stand in the presence of God because you are righteous. Jesus made you righteous, and there isn’t anything Satan can do about it.
The Bible says, “The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much” (James 5:16 NKJV). The Amplified translation says the prayer “makes tremendous power available [dynamic in its working].” This is what happens to a righteous person when he or she prays—and you are that righteous person. God’s eyes are upon you, He hears you, and your prayers are powerful.
Yes, as a born again believer you ARE the righteousness of God! You and I have every RIGHT to stand in the presence of God as though we have never done anything wrong BECAUSE of the Blood of Jesus that paid the price for sin! BUT, the God of the Bible does NOT hear our prayer because we are righteous! WE have the RIGHT to pray BECAUSE we are righteous, but there are definite qualifications for our prayer to be HEARD! Look at 1 John 5:14-15:
14 And this is the confidence (the assurance, the privilege of boldness) which we have in Him: [we are sure] that if we ask anything (make any request) according to His will (in agreement with His own plan), He listens to and hears us. 15 And if (since) we [positively] know that He listens to us in whatever we ask, we also know [with settled and absolute knowledge] that we have [granted us as our present possessions] the requests made of Him.
There are so many believers who have lost faith that God answers prayer because they neglect to KNOW the will of God on the matter! We MUST know His will, which IS His Word, so that WHEN we pray, HE will hear us! THAT is the key to answered prayer. We simply have to make sure that HE hears! AMEN! With all of the Bibles available today, in every form imaginable, there is no excuse for any believer NOT to know the will/Word of God! Find out what God's Word has to say about each and every situation you face. NOW, pray with confidence that He HEARS! YOU HAVE IT! HALLELUJAH! Now rejoice and begin to praise and thank Him for the answer! AMEN! Here is Hillsong with "Desert Song", which is about prayer!
Shalom in Him!
