Instant Access To Our Heavenly Father

The story is told of a preacher who explained to his young son how the church secretary screened his phone calls at the church office. He told him, “If your mom calls me and I’m busy, the church secretary will tell her what I’m doing and then mom will decide if I should be interrupted or if she should leave a message.”

Then he said to his son, “However, when you call me, you’ll be immediately put through because you’re my son.”

A few days later, the church secretary put a call through to the preacher from his son. He said, “Hello, what can I do for you, son? He replied, “Nothing, Dad. I just wanted to make sure I could actually get through to you that easily.”

Like the preacher’s son, we as Christians always have instant access to our heavenly Father. The difference being, there’s no secretary to screen His calls — No need for a decision on whether or not we should bother Him — No need to leave a message so that He can get back to us later. The Psalmist reminds us, “The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their cry” (Psalm 34:15).

Because Jesus has provided “the way” by His death and resurrection (John 14:4; cf. Matthew 16:21; Matthew 17:22-23; Matthew 20:17-19) , we can have boldness and confidence as we draw near to our heavenly Father through the avenue of prayer (Hebrews 4:14-16; cf. Romans 8:34; 1 Timothy 2:5; 1 John 2:1; Hebrews 7:22-25).

—Mike Riley, Gospel Snippets