GOD WILL HEAR AND HEARKEN TO YOU

O You who HEAR PRAYER, to You all flesh will come – Psalm 65:2

The Almighty God alone is sufficient to meet the needs of ALL FLESH. We serve the God who HEARS and HEARKENS to the prayers of the righteous: “The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and HIS EARS are open to their cry” (Psa.34:15; 1 Peter 3:12). David began his prayers in Psalm 34 on the note of Praise: “I will bless the LORD at all times…” (vs.1-3). We must also learn to begin prayers on a praise-full note. He then testified: “I sought the LORD, and HE HEARD me, and delivered me from ALL MY FEARS” (34:4). Again in verse 6, God HEARD and “saved him out of ALL HIS TROUBLES”!

What are your fears? What troubles are you facing? Call upon the Lord in faith, and He will hear and hearken to you: “The righteous cry, and the LORD HEARS, and delivers them out of ALL THEIR TROUBLES” (Psa.34:17). Isaiah 37:14-36 testify to how God heard and hearkened to the voice of Hezekiah’s prayer and delivered Israel from King Sennacherib and the Assyrians, by a mighty angelic intervention. He is able and willing to do much more for us in this better covenant.

Are there occasions when God WILL NOT HEAR PRAYERS? Certainly! David testified: “If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord WILL NOT HEAR me: But certainly God has heard me; He has attended to the voice of my prayer” (Psa.66:18-19). Note: God attends to the VOICE, not just the thought, of our prayers. The blind man whom Jesus healed declared: “Now we know that God does not hear sinners: but if any man is a worshipper of God, and does His, him He hears” (Jh.9:31). If God would hear and hearken to your prayers, you must turn from every sinful way and submit to the righteousness of Jesus.

Among the attitudes, postures, and virtues that enable our prayers to be heard and hearkened to, Uprightness is vital: “The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD; but the prayer of UPRIGHT is His delight” (Pro.15:8). God is pleased with and delights in the prayer of the Upright. Proverbs 15:29 also says: “The LORD is far from the wicked: but he hears the prayer of the righteous.” As you walk uprightly and in holiness, God will hear you and attend to the voice of your prayers.