“Before they call I will answer; while they are yet speaking I will hear.”
“All the nations you have made shall come and worship before you, O Lord, and shall glorify your name.”
Psalms 65:2 O you who hear prayer, to you shall all flesh come.
Psalms 66:19 But truly God has listened; he has attended to the voice of my prayer.
Psalms 102:17 he regards the prayer of the destitute and does not despise their prayer.
Psalms 145:18 The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. He fulfills the desire of those who fear him; he also hears their cry and saves them.
1 Kings 18:37 Answer me, O LORD, answer me, that this people may know that you, O LORD, are God, and that you have turned their hearts back.”
2 Chronicles 33:13 He prayed to him, and God was moved by his entreaty and heard his plea and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD was God.
Jeremiah 29:12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.
Luke 11:9 And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
1 John 5:14 And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.
Psalms 22:27 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations shall worship before you
Isaiah 49:6 he says: “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back the preserved of Israel; I will make you as a light for the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”
Isaiah 66:23 From new moon to new moon, and from Sabbath to Sabbath, all flesh shall come to worship before me, declares the LORD.
John 12:32 And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”
Sometimes I wonder if we have confidence in God and His promises. I wonder if we know Him personally enough to know He is near and that He will answer our cry, pleas, and requests. I wonder if we know what it means to seek Him. I wonder if we know what it means to seek Him with all our heart, mind, and soul. Do we spend enough time with Him to know Him? Do we live each day with a single purpose to humbly serve, honor, follow and obey Him? Are we growing in our knowledge of Him? I think there are times when we have sought Him and know the presence of God. I think there are times when we totally forget Him and live our life for other purposes. When I think about this I realize one clear truth. If we purpose to humbly serve, honor, follow and obey Him, and if we stay in His word for this purpose – I know His presence and Holy Spirit occupy our heart and mind. Our day is not filled with the worries and cares of this world. Our focus is on Him and serving Him however He leads us in this world. Another truth I know is true. If we spend no time in His word there is little chance of us hearing His whispers leading, guiding, directing, and using us. His word has no root in our being and we lose connection with Him seemingly content with drifting further and further away from Him. Choose to stay in His word and seek to humbly serve, honor, follow and obey Him.
