Conduit

8/6/2020

John 16:26 “At that day you shall ask in My name.”

The Cross of Christ is the bridge between God and Man. Jesus willingly suffered on that roughhewn tree and took on each and every one of our sins. Through this act of divine mercy, we can now come before God the Father without a sacrifice of bunt offerings. Jesus has made a way for us through His fierce love and amazing grace. Whenever I pray for an individual to yield to Jesus, I always pray that they start at the foot of the cross. Once there, they must acknowledge what He has done for them, and then will truly understand that Jesus died to set them free. Chambers says, “The Cross stands for one thing only for us—a complete and entire and absolute identification with the Lord Jesus Christ, and there is nothing in which this identification is realized more than in prayer.”

Yes, Jesus made a way for us to communicate with the heavenly realm through prayer. It is certainly the most profound and powerful form of communication that there has ever been. Whenever I ask someone in distress what I can do for them, they always ask me to pray. It is such a humbling and beautiful request, and it is truly the most significant thing any of us can do for another. We must be careful, however, to not get in a spiritual “huff” as Chambers puts it. If we do not get the answer we desire, or if we must wait on God’s perfect timing, we tend to get impatient. This is not the true way of faith. Prayer must not only be about petition, but something different entirely. It must be a drawing near to our Lord who loves us. Prayer must be undertaken in Jesus name reverently and with joy, thanksgiving, and praise. Just to be still and be in the presence of the Holy Spirit is the most indescribable phenomenon in all the world.

 

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