“One who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his
prayer is an abomination.”
Proverbs 28:9
Have you ever wondered if God is
hearing your prayers or not. Maybe you feel like He never answers your prayers
and you wonder why? I have a couple of questions for you then. Do you enjoy
thinking about and hearing God’s law trying to apply it to your everyday life?
Or do you shut your ears and harden your heart to God’s wisdom, choosing to do
things your own way instead? The answers to these two questions affect ones prayer
life. If we shut our ears and harden our heart to His wisdom, our prayers are
an abomination to Him. Zech 7:11-12 “But they refused to heed, shrugged their
shoulders, and stopped their ears so that they could not hear. Yes, they made
their hearts like flint, refusing to hear the law and the words which the Lord
of hosts had sent by His Spirit.” Proverbs 15:8 goes on to tell us that “The
sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the prayer of the
upright is His delight.” We have to delight in His law. We have to try our best
to live without iniquity and sin in our lives. Psalm 66:18 says “If I regard
iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear.” If you have unconfessed sin in
your life, confess it as sin and get your heart right with Him. You can be
assured that God will hear your prayers then. Psalm 66:19-20 “But certainly God
has heard me; He has attended to the voice of my prayer. Blessed be God, who
has not turned away my prayer, nor His mercy from me!” Don’t turn away your ear
from hearing His law. Be upright in Christ Jesus. The Lord will then delight in
hearing your prayers.
Father, help me to love Your law. Help me to embrace it and
try to live my life by it. I want You to hear and answer each and every one of my
prayers. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
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