He
has Given Heed to the Voice of My Prayer
If we regard wickedness (cherish sin)
in our hearts, the Lord will not hear our prayers (Psalms 66:18). Is there sin
in our lives that we cannot overcome… addiction or sinful habits? Paul addresses
this human proclivity in his letters to the Romans. He wrote that humans are
sold under sin. It is God’s perfect law that reveals this to us. Yet, though we
strive to follow the righteousness of the law, we end up committing the sin we
have come to hate. And we realize that no good dwells in us. Paul asks, “Who
will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God [that] through Jesus
Christ our Lord” (Romans 7) and by the power of the Spirit dwelling in us
(Romans 8) we are set free from the power of sin. Paul tells us to put to death
the deeds of the flesh and we shall live. Psalms 66 speaks of the refining
process that God uses to help us put to death the deeds of the flesh – so that
we may walk in the spirit and be conformed to the image of our Lord Jesus
Christ. Dear Father, thank You for refining me. Thank You for helping me put to
death the deeds of the flesh. Thank You for giving heed to the voice of my
prayer. Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer nor His
lovingkindness from me (Psalms 66:19-20).
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