He Hears Some

DEVOTION

PROVERBS

HE HEARS SOME

Prov 15:29

29 The LORD is far from the wicked but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

NIV

We have read of the times when the Lord turned a deaf ear to the children of Israel because of their disobedience, but this is a different type of deaf ear. We know many people today, people of denominations who profess Christianity but not once ever talk about being born again in order to enter the kingdom of God. We know many of these people who say they attend church, or are at least associated with or known as a particular denominational member such as , “I am a Catholic”, “I am a Lutheran”, “I am a Baptist” or “I am a whatever”, but have not accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. It is far from any of us to ever judge who is wicked and who is righteous, however the Lord God has made it quite clear he makes the distinction based on who has accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and who has not. As not one single human being has any righteousness within, we who have accepted Jesus Christ have him as our righteousness and thus God hears our prayers, for Jesus said that if we ask the Father anything in his name, he will not only hear us, but answer us as well. So that leaves a lot of nice people, good people by human standards being in a position which God is far from, or that in opposition to hearing the prayer of the righteous, he does not hear their prayers, he turns a deaf ear to their prayers. So this sense unless a person is born again, unless a person repents of sin, and accepts Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior, any prayer, other than one of repentance, is completely useless. However, we who have Jesus Christ as our righteousness, who because of Jesus God considers us righteous, have the confidence of coming to him with our prayers knowing full well he listens intently and answers. He desires to spend time in communication with us, listening, but also talking, telling us of his plans for us, telling us of the great things he has in store for us, telling us what he wants us to do in order to bring honor and glory to his name and advance his kingdom, so when we ask for his kingdom to come on earth as it is in heaven he hears us. When we ask for him to give us our daily bread, he hears us. When we ask for him to forgive us our trespasses as we forgive others he hears us. When we ask that he lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil, he hears and he answers all our prayers.