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Access to Father for Answered Prayer
David W Palmer
(Ephesians 3:11–12 NKJV) according to the eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord, {12} in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him.
The Holy Spirit reveals in this passage that through faith in Jesus, and because of his astounding achievements on the cross, we have: “boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him.”
Having “access” to our heavenly Father is amazing, but we shouldn’t approach him in fear, inferiority, or being worried about rejection; we come with “boldness.” This means that we are able to converse with God in his secret place with confidence and assurance of acceptance:
(Ephesians 1:6 NKJV) … He made us accepted in the Beloved.
(Psalm 91:1 NKJV) He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
(Hebrews 10:19–22 NLT) And so, dear brothers and sisters, we can boldly enter heaven’s Most Holy Place because of the blood of Jesus. {20} By his death, 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.
At times, we abide with God in his secret place, enjoying his fellowship, absorbing his person and character. But at other times, we need this access to make our requests known to God:
(Philippians 4:6 NKJV) Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
To illustrate this kind of approach to Father, our amazing God put an absorbing story in the old Testament book of Esther:
Esther was a young Jewish girl, chosen in a beauty pageant to be the new queen. She enjoyed amazing privileges, and she was able to be in the secret place with the world’s most powerful king. However, when an urgent life-or-death need arose to save her people, her uncle convinced her to approach the king with a request. This involved a different type of approach; she had to go into the king’s throne room to make her petition.
In that kingdom, anyone who approached the throne room of the king without invitation would suffer one of two consequences: either he/she would be instantly put to death; or the King would hold out his sceptre, meaning he accepted the petitioner and they could make their request.
As the king was the most powerful authority on earth at the time—representing God—simply having him say, “Yes,” or at least giving a nod, could dramatically change lives, destinies, outcomes, and the future existence of people; he held their very lives in his hands. In Esther’s case, it was on a matter of survival or genocide for her people that she approach the king—risking her life in the process—seeking a positive answer from the throne room.
Once having obtained a positive answer, her people could live and not be massacred. What’s more, they could take action to dispense of their enemies, and live out their destinies on earth.
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By DAVID W. PALMERAccess to Father for Answered Prayer
David W Palmer
(Ephesians 3:11–12 NKJV) according to the eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord, {12} in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him.
The Holy Spirit reveals in this passage that through faith in Jesus, and because of his astounding achievements on the cross, we have: “boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him.”
Having “access” to our heavenly Father is amazing, but we shouldn’t approach him in fear, inferiority, or being worried about rejection; we come with “boldness.” This means that we are able to converse with God in his secret place with confidence and assurance of acceptance:
(Ephesians 1:6 NKJV) … He made us accepted in the Beloved.
(Psalm 91:1 NKJV) He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
(Hebrews 10:19–22 NLT) And so, dear brothers and sisters, we can boldly enter heaven’s Most Holy Place because of the blood of Jesus. {20} By his death, 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.
At times, we abide with God in his secret place, enjoying his fellowship, absorbing his person and character. But at other times, we need this access to make our requests known to God:
(Philippians 4:6 NKJV) Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
To illustrate this kind of approach to Father, our amazing God put an absorbing story in the old Testament book of Esther:
Esther was a young Jewish girl, chosen in a beauty pageant to be the new queen. She enjoyed amazing privileges, and she was able to be in the secret place with the world’s most powerful king. However, when an urgent life-or-death need arose to save her people, her uncle convinced her to approach the king with a request. This involved a different type of approach; she had to go into the king’s throne room to make her petition.
In that kingdom, anyone who approached the throne room of the king without invitation would suffer one of two consequences: either he/she would be instantly put to death; or the King would hold out his sceptre, meaning he accepted the petitioner and they could make their request.
As the king was the most powerful authority on earth at the time—representing God—simply having him say, “Yes,” or at least giving a nod, could dramatically change lives, destinies, outcomes, and the future existence of people; he held their very lives in his hands. In Esther’s case, it was on a matter of survival or genocide for her people that she approach the king—risking her life in the process—seeking a positive answer from the throne room.
Once having obtained a positive answer, her people could live and not be massacred. What’s more, they could take action to dispense of their enemies, and live out their destinies on earth.