On Prayer...

I marvel at Queen Esther's relationship with the great King Xerxes. Even though Xerxes crowned her his queen, that they knew each other intimately as husband and wife, and that she had the king's favor, with the privilege to boldly come to him, Esther would still approach her king in reverence and ask, "If it please the king..." And then I'm reminded at how characters in the Bible commune with our Almighty God. Like how Abraham, even though God had considered him "a friend" and had been given the opportunity to bid with God with regards to Sodom and Gomorrah, humbly and reverently said, "Lord, please don't be angry with me if I speak one more time..." It made me ask, "How should I talk to God?" Although I know, through Christ Jesus, I have become a child of God by adoption, and that I can come boldly to God with my praises, prayers and petitions, should I come to Him callously and irreverently?

Oh, that I would come running to the throne of the Lord, with confidence, delight and love. But that I do with highest and most careful regard for my God IS the King of kings and Lord of lords and He is holy, holy, holy!