1 Kings 8 God is listening

As Solomon led the people to honor God as they worshiped at the new 

 Temple, he also took time to pray and sought God’s guidance for the future. He noted that men are fallible and will fail, but the God they now worshiped had a ready ear. Over and over Solomon talked about the sin of the people and how they should respond.  He then asked God to “listen from heaven to their prayers for help and vindicate them.”  He claimed this promise for the people and for us as well.  If we sin, we can trust that if we are humble and repent God hears and will respond. God loves to hear His people pray! God loves to hear us ask for His forgiveness and to set us back on the path He has declared.  

Today if you are pricked in your heart about some sin, humble yourself and go to God to seek His face and His forgiveness. Solomon was ready to close his time of prayer with these words: “May you be attentive to your servant’s and your people Israel’s requests for help and may you respond to all their prayers to you.” 

Spend time in prayer today for the sin of others as well as yourself. God is listening and He will respond.