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NKJ James 4:3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures.
Our motive in prayer must be only for our Father’s glory; it is not enough just to pray for a good thing. For example, you may be praying for revival in your church so that we might have more people born again, that we would be better parents, or that the world would not influence our children. These are noble requests that are in God’s will but are selfish in motive. The only motive that is free from selfishness is the desire to see our Heavenly Father glorified in the things we ask of Him. The proper motive in asking for revival would be because: we can not endure God seeing the blood of Jesus trampled underfoot by the worldliness of the church, by the sins of our children, or by the lack of Christ-likeness of our spouse. Furthermore, we may be praying for the Holy Spirit’s power in our lives so that we can have a victorious Christian life. This again has the selfish motivation of something to make our life easier or more pleasurable. The proper motive would be that God would no longer be dishonored by our low level of Christian service and poor testimony but rather be glorified by the inward beauty in our lives and the power in our service that comes by the Holy Spirit’s presence.
NKJ 2 Corinthians 4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.
NKJ Matthew 5:16 "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.
The reason we stay on Earth after being saved is to show forth our Heavenly Father’s glory. Our Heavenly Father is glorified by the revelation of His Son in our lives by the Holy Spirit. The revelation of Jesus shows the world that He was God’s Son who died and now lives resulting in their salvation.
NKJ Philippians 2:10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Our Heavenly Father is glorified through our verbal and nonverbal (our actions) confession of Jesus’ Lordship.
NKJ Hebrews 1:1 God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets,2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; 3 who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
NKJ John 14:9 Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, 'Show us the Father'?
When the world sees Jesus, they see the Heavenly Father. They then realize that He is for them and not against them. That Satan has lied to them about God. That He came to save the world and not to condemn it.
NKJ James 4:6 But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: "God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble."
Remember the humble receive God’s ability. Now notice Jesus’ motive in His prayers:
NKJ John 17:1 Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said: "Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You,
NKJ John 17:21 "that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.
NKJ John 11:42 "And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me."
NKJ John 5:19 Then Jesus answered and said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner.
NKJ John 8:28 Then Jesus said to them, "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing of Myself; but as My Father taught Me, I speak these things.
NKJ John 5:30 "I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.
NKJ John 12:28 "Father, glorify Your name." Then a voice came from heaven, saying, "I have both glorified it and will glorify it again."
Remember that we are not seeking the presents of God but rather God’s presence. However, in order to see Him as He is we must have the veils of deception removed from our lives. I am referring to the mask(s) that we wear to keep others from seeing who and what we really are – our personas. The same mask(s) that we wear to keep others from seeing what we are really like also keep(s) us from seeing what God is really like.
NKJ Psalm 115:4 Their idols are silver and gold, The work of men's hands. 5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: 6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: 7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat. 8 They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.
NKJ 1 John 3:2 Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.
NKJ 2 Corinthians 3:18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
We become like the one we worship; therefore, it is paramount that we see God accurately in order to become just like Him.
NKJ Acts 4:24 So when they heard that, they raised their voice to God with one accord and said: "Lord, You are God, who made heaven and earth and the sea, and all that is in them,
Furthermore, we must realize how great is our God. As we realize how great our God is then giving Him glory becomes a natural response and faith becomes easy.
Prayer:
Heavenly Father, so that the World might see that I am in You and You are in me; give me the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Jesus, the eyes of my understanding being enlightened; that I may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe. Cause the veils of deception that I have either knowingly or unknowingly allowed in my life to be removed. Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts and see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. (Based on Ephesians 1:17- 2:1, John 5:22,30, 9:39, Psalms 139:23,34)
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