Hebrews 4:16 KJV, “Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.”
Isaiah 7:11 NIRV, "I am the LORD your God. Ask me to give you a miraculous sign. It can be anything in the deepest grave or in the highest heaven."
To be bold means to be fearless in the face of danger and to prominently stand out. Some synonyms to boldly are: courageously, determinedly and uncompromisingly.
In Luke chapter 11 verse 5, Jesus tells the story of the man who knocked on his neighbors door in the middle of the to ask him if he could lend him three loaves of bread. He had a guest coming and he didn’t have any more bread. The neighbor told him to leave him alone. He said his children were in bed and he could not rise up to help him. But, the man was persistent. He boldly kept knocking and asking. Verse 8 in the NIRV says, "I tell you, that person will not get up. And he won't give the man bread just because he is his friend. But because the man keeps on asking, he will get up. He will give him as much as he needs.” If we read on to verses 9-10, it says, “So here is what I say to you. Ask, and it will be given to you. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened to you. Everyone who asks will receive. He who searches will find. And the door will be opened to the one who knocks.” Our prayers should be much the same way. We must come boldly to God with our needs. And, to specifically pray for what we need. A good example of this, it when we were looking to buy a house. I prayed that if God wanted us to find a house in the area, I would like to have one that was about the same size we were in, on a lot that was a big enough for the kids to have lots of room to play, with trees for the birds and critters that we love to watch and with a payment less than what we were paying. You may say, isn’t that an odd way to pray? Asking God for so much? I don’t think so…God gave us exactly what I prayed for. He already knows what we have need of in our lives. But, He wants us to come boldly before Him and ask, seek and knock.
In Isaiah 7:11 the Lord says to ask for a miraculous sign. Let’s read a little more about that verse. Verse 10-14 Isaiah writes: “The LORD spoke to Ahaz through me again. He said, "I am the LORD your God. Ask me to give you a miraculous sign. It can be anything in the deepest grave or in the highest heaven." But Ahaz said, "I won't ask. I won't put the LORD to the test." Then I said, "Listen, you members of the royal family of Ahaz! Isn't it enough for you to test the patience of men? Are you also going to test the patience of my God? The LORD himself will give you a miraculous sign. The virgin is going to have a baby. She will give birth to a son. And he will be called Immanuel.” Ahaz didn’t want to ask God for a miraculous sign. I am sure his thoughts were who am I to ask God of such a great thing? But, God said, Do you know what, I am going to give you a sign anyway. Sure, God is able to meet your needs without you even asking. But, when we boldly come to Him and ask we obtain (to gain or attain usually by planned action or effort) mercy and grace to help us through those times of need. There is a song that Mississippi Mass Choir sings that says, “Your grace and mercy brought me through. I am living this moment because of You. I want to thank You and praise You too. Your grace & mercy brought me through.
My prayer today is that we can learn to come boldly before Him with our needs. Pray specifically. Learn to A.S.K…ask, seek and knock. When we ask, we will get an answer. When we seek, we will find. And, when we knock on the door before us, it will be opened. He has such great and awesome plans for His people. We just have to boldly step forward into that great & awesome plan. He is not going to get behind us and push us forward into it. We have to boldly step out in faith into it. ♥
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