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esus, in the opening words ded by limitations, that we are apt
of the Lord's Prayer, taught to forget that God exists in a realm
Jus to focus first on God where there are no shortages or
before presenting to Him our restraints. Here on earth, we
requests and petitions. stagger from one crisis to
Why did Jesus bid us pray, “Our another, face endless problems -
Father in heaven”? What is so such as economic recessions,
important about the fact that God strikes, political unrest - but in
lives in heaven? heaven, where God lives, such
Someone has suggested that situations are non-existent.
heaven is “God's postal address” There are no shortages in the
and, therefore, the place to which factories of His grace, no dis-
all prayers and petitions ought to putes on His assembly lines and
be directed. no faults in His communication
I believe, however, that Jesus, in system. Ring “Heaven” at any
using the words “in heaven,” hour of the day or night, and you
sought to focus our minds not so will be put into direct contact with
much on God's location, but the King of kings!
rather His elevation. Can you now see what Jesus
We are so used to living, as we means when He bids us focus on
say, “in a man's world,” surroun- God who is in heaven? He is
telling us to elevate our spiritual
vision until it breaks free of
earth's gravitational pull and to
remind ourselves constantly of
the fact that, in our Father's
Presence, our greatest problems
turn into possibilities.
Prayer:
O Father, this phrase “in heaven”
is like a rocket that launches me
beyond earth's limitations into a
realm where everything is bles-
sedness and light. Help me never
lose sight of this fact today and
every day. Amen.
[Every Day with Jesus Bible, with
Devotions by Selwyn Hughes,
Holman Bible Publishers, 2004].
