“Restore to me again the joy of your
salvation” (Psalm 51:12).
When sin is cast out, God’s presence is restored. This truth is so simple. God’s presence restored means victory secured. Then, if there is defeat, we are responsible for it. Sin somewhere is causing it. We need to discover the sin and repent. The moment the sin is put away, we may confidently expect God’s presence.
God never speaks to His people of sin except with the purpose of saving them from it. The same light that shows the sin will show the way out of it. The same power that condemns will give the power to rise up and conquer.
God is speaking to us about this sin:
“He is amazed to see that no one intervened to help the oppressed” (Isaiah 59:16).
The God who says this will work the change in His children when they seek His face. He will make the shame of sin confessed a door of hope. Let us simply confess that we have sinned; we dare not sin any longer.
In the matter of prayer God does not demand impossibilities. He does not give us an impracticable ideal. He does not ask us to pray without giving the grace to enable us to do so. Believe Him. He will give the grace to do what He asks.
“Father, I bow in stillness and wait before You. Overshadow me with Your presence. Deliver me from the sin or prayerlessness. I trust you to forgive me and to teach me to pray. Amen.”
When sin is cast out, God’s presence is restored. This truth is so simple. God’s presence restored means victory secured. Then, if there is defeat, we are responsible for it. Sin somewhere is causing it. We need to discover the sin and repent. The moment the sin is put away, we may confidently expect God’s presence.
God never speaks to His people of sin except with the purpose of saving them from it. The same light that shows the sin will show the way out of it. The same power that condemns will give the power to rise up and conquer.
God is speaking to us about this sin:
“He is amazed to see that no one intervened to help the oppressed” (Isaiah 59:16).
The God who says this will work the change in His children when they seek His face. He will make the shame of sin confessed a door of hope. Let us simply confess that we have sinned; we dare not sin any longer.
In the matter of prayer God does not demand impossibilities. He does not give us an impracticable ideal. He does not ask us to pray without giving the grace to enable us to do so. Believe Him. He will give the grace to do what He asks.
“Father, I bow in stillness and wait before You. Overshadow me with Your presence. Deliver me from the sin or prayerlessness. I trust you to forgive me and to teach me to pray. Amen.”
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