Go Directly To God. Lesson 11 of 40

Today is Good Friday. We reflect on Jesus’ death and shed blood on the cross, which makes our salvation possible. In Mathew 27:50-51, we see the tearing of the temple veil when Jesus died, symbolic of our ability to now have free access to God. In Hebrews 10:19-23 we are invited to come boldly before the throne of God’s grace, unlike under the old covenant.

For today’s lesson, I have learned to make good of my free access that I now have to God. While Godly counsel is good and recommended, we must not neglect going to God ourselves. We can be spiritually lazy and neglect spending time with God in prayer, and instead depend on others to pray for us and tell us what He is saying. It would be crazy if my children NEVER came and spoke to me and depended on a third party to hear what I had to say. This would greatly diminish the quality of our relationship and deeply hurt me. We can be guilty of doing this very thing to our heavenly Father. We can get caught up in hunting down prophetic words from others instead of planting ourselves in the presence of God to hear from Him directly. Confused? Go directly to God. Hurting? Go directly to God. Scared? Go directly to God. Need Healing? Go directly to God. Need forgiveness? Go directly to God.
Today as we reflect with hearts of thanksgiving on the sacrifice Jesus made for us on the cross, let us be intentional about taking full advantage and go directly to Him.

Be Blessed,
Anika

Hebrews 4:16
So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.

Hebrews 10:9-22
And so, dear brothers and sisters,[f] we can boldly enter heaven’s Most Holy Place because of the blood of Jesus. 20 By his death,[g] Jesus opened a new and life-giving way through the curtain into the Most Holy Place. 21 And since we have a great High Priest who rules over God’s house, 22 let us go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully trusting him. For our guilty consciences have been sprinkled with Christ’s blood to make us clean, and our bodies have been washed with pure water.