Changed by His Love
1 John 3:21: Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God.
Love for the brethren produces confidence toward God, and confidence toward God gives you boldness in asking for what you need. This does not mean that you earn answers to prayer by loving the brethren. Rather, it means that your love for the brethren proves that you are living in the will of God where God can answer your prayer.
Love is the fulfilling of God’s Law; therefore, when you love the brethren, you are obeying His commandments and He is able to answer your requests. A believer’s relationship to the brethren cannot be divorced from his prayer life. If husbands and wives are not obeying God’s Word, for example, their prayers will be hindered. 1
Loving Him
In Romans 13:8 the Word of God says: “Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law.” Our prayer life reveals our love life. If we are loving God through our prayers, then we will love others by asking God to help them. When we pray for others, God changes our heart about them. Prayer is able to unmask the pride. Prayer is a place where surrender begins and the battle ends.
Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered. 1 Peter 3:7
Loving Others
Self-confidence leads to frustration; godly confidence leads to motivation.
Make Me Like You
Lord, thank You for leading me into a confident relationship with You. Thank You for never leaving or forsaking me.
1. Wiersbe, W. W. (1996). The Bible exposition commentary. Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.
