Day 30: Jesus, You Hear My Prayer
January 30, 2010 by Cath
Filed under Cath's Blog, The Jesus Year
When you want to learn to pray better and pray more, live in the Psalms. The psalmists are some of the best prayer partners you’ll ever find. This morning I read Psalm 102 and the psalmist’s prayer just blessed my heart. He began with “Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come to You.” What a blessing to know that the Lord Jesus hears every one of my prayers. Psalm 102 is the cry of one who is afflicted. His heart is in trouble. But he knows where to run, and so must we if we need heart-healing and heart-comfort. This person describes where our heart is in the deepest darkest times of life. And perhaps you feel as though you are there now. Then, take comfort from this one, who cried to God: “I am like a pelican in the wilderness; I am like an owl of the desert. I lie awake, and am like a sparrow alone on the housetop” (Psalm 102:6-7). For any in the heat of a trial, these words bring a piece of comfort, for you now have one who has come alongside who knows your heart. And friend, the truth is, Jesus is your companion in your suffering, for He knows as no one else knows. He has walked every road of suffering and is walking with you even now. Take comfort in the fact that the Lord hears your prayer and He will answer: “He shall regard the prayer of the destitute, and shall not despise their prayer. This will be written for the generation to come, that a people yet to be created may praise the LORD. For He looked down from the height of His sanctuary; from heaven the LORD viewed the earth, to hear the groaning of the prisoner” (Psalm 102:17-20). I love that this suffering one was given the eternal view and realized that his words would minister to others down through the ages—and that blessing extends to you and me. May you draw near to the Lord today and pour out your heart in prayer. He knows your heart, hears your prayer, and loves you with an everlasting love.
My Response: Lord Jesus, thank You that You know me through and through and that You love me forever. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Thank you Lord for knowing us so intimately I really need these words after all that I have experienced this week, internally, emotionally where only you can see. Thank you for loving me so much that you will use any and every means to get my attention until I finally acknowledge it is YOU! I praise and extol your Holy Name Abba Father and thank you for your Word and for Catherine’s Blog using it to reach me. AMEN