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Direct Connection
Filed Under Devotional
Prayer is a great mystery and often seems very one-sided. Stop to contemplate the act of prayer and you will be astounded by the apparent need of all cultures to pray to something or someone greater than mankind. Even the pagan religions involve prayer and sacrifice showing the undeniable connection the inner man has with the desire to connect with something all-powerful.
Christians pray for all sorts of reasons, but many fail to understand the connection with God the act represents. Remember when David sinned so greatly with Bathsheba? Murder and adultery after so much history of God saving him from death, elevating him to king, and declaring that the Messiah would come from his lineage. One would think David had fallen as far as humanly possible and separate himself so far from God that there would be no turning back. But, prayer brought him back.
“Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your loving kindness; According to the greatness of Your compassion blot out my transgressions.” Psalm 51:1
The truth of this direct connection is prayer. Speak from the heart and with sincerity and He will hear you and restore you.