You know those moments where a truth that you’ve always known about God for years just suddenly comes alive? I have always known that when we pray, we talk directly to God, but a few days ago I was reading John 16:20-26, and these verses suddenly jumped out to me:
In that day, you will ask in my name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf. No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God. John 16:26-27
This is BIG. We talk to God directly…there is no go-between. We don’t have to talk to someone that is “qualified” to communicate with God. We don’t have to know every single word of the Bible to be able to talk to God. No college degree is required. God loves us because we love Jesus and believe that Jesus is God’s Son. We can talk to God because we believe in the salvation that comes through Christ.
Isn’t that encouraging? We don’t have to word our prayers exactly right…we just need to get into the habit of continuously talking to God. Praise Him for who He is, thank Him for all that He’s done and all that He is teaching us, ask Him for guidance, and cry out to Him when we are faced with challenges and problems that seem to be bigger than us. After all, our God is bigger than anything that we would have to face.
