IN MY NAME

By Rick Mathes

John 16:23 (NASB77) ²³  “And in that day you will ask Me no question. Truly, truly, I say to you, if you shall ask the Father for anything, He will give it to you in My name.

Think about it. If I prayed to God and asked Him to answer my prayer according to the name of Lucifer, what would be His response? We pray to the greater authority if we want our prayer to be answered and God is omnipotent. It’s a no brainer! There is no other object of prayer if you expect to be answered by the “I AM.” So with that major premise we can rely on an  prayer if it is one Jesus would petition His Father for, given our set of circumstances.

Our whole earth experience is a journey to the restoration of our first nature which is to fulfill the will of our God. This is our certainty the prayer will be answered. I ask, what would I ask God for that isn’t in His will, nothing. All that I am wants to fulfill all that He is through me so I face this pilgrimage with obedience and a determination in mind, my reward in glory.

The fulcrum or balance point of all energies and effort expended is simply in faith. The witnesses of His life, death, and resurrection deserve our respect and agreement that His Story is God-breathed truth.

Satan, however, has a battering-ram of hindrances. Let me just focus on a few of their most glaring encroachments of our faith.

Insincerity: Prayer for some is a learned experience and the mirror of that style of prayer those they admire they display. This often includes the language of the King James era or tongues, unknown languages just to name a few.

Willfulness: It has been said and widely believed by much of the world that man invented religion and God to explain the unexplainable. Some with this mindset feel like they are praying into thin air to a god which is not listening.

Selfishness: These prayer warriors have a severe “I” disease. The remedy is to replace the words I, me and mine with He, Him and His will cure.

Impatience: God answers all prayers with yes, no or not yet. WE live in a modern generation of largely instant gratification so God’s response to prayer with a “not yet” is rejected. Often He is protecting us from an adverse reaction to our prayer being answered in righteousness.