He hears!“To you, O hearer of prayer, let the words of all flesh come”
Psalm 65:2 BBE
Prayer takes on a new meaning, evokes a certain excitement when we know, not just mentally assent to, but have a revelation of the truth that God hears our prayers! The psalmist refers to Him as the hearer of prayers. He hears!
He hears intelligently, with the implication of paying attention to and obeying. That is what the Bible means when it says God hears our prayers. He pays attention to our prayers and this is the amazing bit – He obeys!
Our prayers are our words. I like the way the Bible In Basic English (BBE) puts it “….let the words of all flesh come”. When our words come to God He not only pays attention to them, he obeys them. No wonder then the Bible tells us the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. (James 5:16) It avails much because God hears the words uttered. Elisha uttered words to the effect that it should not rain and it didn’t for 31/2 years. He then uttered words again in prayer that it should rain and it did. Why? God heard his words.
God is not in the business of idle words that is; empty and ineffective words and we should not be either. Every time we pray, we must know that every word is heard and therefore it cannot just be words, but faith filled, effective words. Jesus said to the disciples not to use vain (empty, idle, ineffective) repetitions when they pray because we are not heard for our much speaking (Mt 6:7). We are heard when we pray, so our words should not be idle and how best to do that, than to use the Word which we have been given which we know is alive, active, quick and powerful (Heb4: 12).
What a privilege we have to be able to come to the hearer of prayers, the Almighty God of all flesh and know that He hears our words in prayer and He pays attention to them and obeys them.
Pray in that knowledge and awareness always.
And how bold and free we then become in his presence, freely asking according to his will, sure that he’s listening. And if we’re confident that he’s listening, we know that what we’ve asked for is as good as ours (1Jn 5:14-15).
We are a group of women from different walks of life, backgrounds, and church denominations, with the sole purpose of seeing the kingdom of God established in the lives of women and on earth. We are committed to impactful outreaches dedicated to improving the lives of the less privileged in society so they can experience the love of God in a more practical way and live a purposeful life.
