17/07/2024
WHAT OBSTRUCTS PRAYER
"All those the Father gives Me will come to Me, and whoever comes to Me I will never drive away." - John 6:37
What obstructs our prayers? Every transgression of a Divine institution is sin and every sin knowingly not dealt with, stands in the way of our prayer.
The grace gate is always open
The mistake is always on our side when our prayers are hindered. The access to God is always free because of Calvary! 'Whoever comes to Me I will never drive away.' The gate of grace is open day and night for every child of God.
Sometimes it seems as if our prayers bounce back and God does not want to hear nor receive them. How do we reconcile this? On the one hand, the Bible says the gate is wide open and that we must come to Him with boldness. On the other hand, it seems the gate is closed.
We have to determine one thing though! The grace gate which is the access to God is never closed by God. Because God does what He said in His Word and His Word says:
1) 'Come near to God and He will come near to you'
2) 'Whoever comes to Me I will never drive away'
3) 'Call on Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you.'
Locks in our lives
The problem is on our side. It has to be because the locks of the gate are only on our side. The largest lock we must remove is sin. The gate remains closed until we confess and deal with sin. There is only one who can close the grace gate to God and that is man himself. A lock in life could be lust, unbelief, sins not confessed, wrong or negative thoughts, not wanting to obey or forgive, idols, jealousy, lack of time spent with God or not putting on the spiritual armor.
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