Date: 12-10-2020

Title: Come Confidently

(S) cripture:
    Hebrews 4:16 (NASB) Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

(O) bservation:
    The author has just been discussing our confession of faith and the High Priest we have in Jesus. On that basis we are to come with confidence to the throne of grace. We come as family and there we receive grace and help in time of need.

(A) pplication:
    I am reminded of the scene in the movie, The Godfather, where people come to Don Corleone to ask for favors (he cannot refuse them at his daughter’s wedding). They come in fear and make their requests. I am so glad that our Father is not like that. In this passage we are told to come to God with confidence or boldness. We come as children not as strangers. Because of our faith in Jesus, we can approach God’s throne with confidence. What a thought! I can approach Almighty God with confidence, knowing that He will hear me and give attention to my request and needs. I do not need to be afraid or timid. I am going to my father and he loves me and wants the best for me and will work for me. Why then do I hesitate? Generally, because I have unconfessed sin in my life and I think he is angry and disappointed and will not hear or act. Nothing is farther from the truth. God is eager to hear, eager to forgive and eager to cleanse my life and then to make me into the person He wants me to be. Today I will not shy away from His throne but will go there confidently and spend time with my Father.

(P) rayer:
    Father, thank you for making me your child and allowing me access to you. Teach me not to be afraid or timid but to come to you in the same confidence a child has in going to their father.