Our High Priest (3)

"Let us therefore, come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need."                                       Hebrews 4:16    NKJV 

Two words from our text are prominent here, Mercy, which in the Greek is a word called Hesed. This means unfailing love, kindness and tenderness. The other is Grace, which is God's unmerited favour. Mercy says, 'He doesn't give us what we deserve' and Grace says 'He gives us what we do not deserve'. There is a big difference here, one in which we need to meditate on and praise Him for His kindness towards us.

Therefore armed with this knowledge, we can have the confidence to approach the throne of grace in our time of need; and praying is how we do this. Every time we pray to God, we are literally approaching the throne of grace. Satan would like us to feel that God is unapproachable. He will do what he can to prevent us from being confident enough to pray and approach Gods throne. Perhaps you can remember when there have been times in your life when you could not pray. These were the times when things had gone wrong and you felt a million miles away from God and, definitely did not have the confidence to pray. If this happens again, have confidence and break though this barrier.

At these times, God it seems is shouting, 'Don't stay away, come and pray, come receive what you need.' If you don't feel God does things such as this, remember the struggle you had with this. Part of you wanted to pray (this was God drawing you near to Him); on the other side of the coin, you didn't feel worthy enough, you felt you had let God down too much, (this was the devil persuading you not to pray because you are so unworthy.) When this happens, there is a struggle going on, you are being pulled both ways. Do yourself a favour and go the way that you know is right. You know God loves you; you know He will forgive you and, you know who doesn't want you to pray. So approach the throne of grace, immediately.

God wants you to have confidence. When you walk in confidence, you can boldly make Godly decisions throughout the day without faltering. You have the confidence to boldly approach God's throne and speak with your High Priest - Jesus. Keep this confidence alive by spending each day with Jesus.

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