Psalm 145-18-19: The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them.
Let us contemplate the meaning of this passage from Psalms 145. The Lord is near. We believe that God is omnipresent, that is, present everywhere. There is no place to which God's knowledge and power do not extend. In truth, The Lord is here in front of us, over us, on our side, inside us, behind us. There are passages in other parts of Psalms, in chapter 139 that support this. It says God knows when we sit down and when we rise up, God understands our thoughts from afar, God is acquainted with all our actions and ways. But there is a difference between God being present in us or around us and God being present because we call upon him in sincere prayer and in truth. What is the difference? For the former, God being present but we don't call upon him or invoke him, He comes as an observer but does not intervene in an extraordinary way. I mentioned in an extraordinary way. Because even if we do not call upon him, God continues to bless us with the basic means of survival, for example, he sends us rain, he brings us the sun at day, he allows crops to grow for food. We normally don't ask God in prayer for these things but God provides these basic necessitates to his children, whether they are good or bad, whether they ask for it or not. For the latter, God being present or near when we call upon Him, that is, when we pray with sincerity and truth, He comes not just an observer, but an active and engaging provider. He fulfils our desires, hears our cry or saves us. He addresses our specific personal needs and intervenes in an extraordinary way. This makes prayer very important. Prayer makes God so near that he listens to every word we say and every desire we have in our hearts. It reminds me of what Vassula said before that when we pray God's ear shall be stuck on our lips and He shall receive each word we say as drops of honey. This is a powerful illustration or visual description of God's action when one prays sincerely. Prayer makes heaven open and pour out its extraordinary graces and blessings. Prayer protects us from Satan's temptations and attacks; it protects us from the malice of the world and from the sins of the flesh; it also frees us from mental and spiritual pride. We know that the world needs a shower of prayer to be purified from sins. But since only a few people pray, those few must pray as if they were many. We must multiply our prayers and make it a living prayer to make up the necessary amount to obtain graces and protection from heaven. Prayers are living when they are flavoured with true love and sacrifice. If we truly understood the importance of prayers, we would never stop praying or miss our daily prayer, because in doing so we deny ourselves of special God's protection and graces. With these thoughts let us come to the presence of God and offer our praises and worship to the God who is near us and hears our prayers Comments are closed.
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