Seize the Moment – Day 1169
Prayer from Anywhere!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Tuesday, May 30.
Did you know that you can never be too far away for God to hear your prayer? God’s ear is attentive to those who sincerely call upon His name, who seek Him for shelter and sanctuary. God can rescue and deliver you, as David expressed in Psalm 61:1-4:
Hear my cry, O God; give heed to my prayer. From the end of the earth I call to You when my heart is faint; lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For You have been a refuge for me, a tower of strength against the enemy. Let me dwell in Your tent forever; let me take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. Selah.
No matter how low you go, or how weak you feel, God is waiting for you to call upon Him. There is nowhere you can go that is too far away for God to hear and respond. David emphasized this by posing the question in Psalm 139:7, “Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?” This points to the attributes of God’s omnipresence and His omniscience – God is simultaneously present everywhere and knows all things. Nothing in all of creation can escape His embrace, nor run beyond His reach. As Hebrews 4:13 explains, “And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.” No matter what you are going through today, cry out to God because He cares for you (1 Peter 5:7).
Seize the moment and pray Psalm 61, meditating upon the power of prayer – “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened” (Matthew 7:7-8).
God bless you!
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