My Prayers before God

This morning as I was reading the Bible I finally saw some verses through the right pair of glasses as Pastor Gardner would say. I have always thought that I had to do some special things to be righteous enough for Christ to hear my prayers. That He definitely could not delight in my prayers but they must be a burden to Him cause I fail Him. I do not always seek and follow Him like I should.

But this morning I read my Bible in light of who Christ has made me to be by His grace. Not because I am anything but because of How great my Father's love is for me. He has saved me and given me a gift of righteousness that I might stand before His throne with boldness and pray. - Romans 5:17

Anyway here are the two verses that I read this morning that are absolutely awesome.

Proverbs 15:8 "The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination unto the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight."

I have always looked at this verse with the glasses that see all my failures and saw myself as the wicked man that must be an abomination to the Lord. I knew that He could not delight to here my prayer. But I put a different pair of glasses this morning. I know that I have been made upright by the blood of Jesus Christ. So it is not that I am anything of myself. It is just that Christ has made me upright so then my prayers are a delight to my Heavenly Father. I am no longer an abomination to God. He delights in my prayers!

Proverbs 15:29 "The Lord is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous."

The same is true for this verse as is for the other one. I used to see myself every time as the wicked man that God is far from. But that just isn't true. God Hears my prayer cause I am His son and I have been made righteous.

I serve an awesome Savior! Thank you Lord for hearing and delighting in my prayers!