Day 7: Prayer in the Father’s Hearing | 1.10.26

When the Son prays, He is mindful and consciously aware of only His Father. The Father always hears the prayers of His Son, and if the Son of God has been formed in me (see Galatians 4:19), the Father will always hear my prayers. But I must choose to allow the Son of God to be exhibited in my human flesh. “Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit” (1 Corinthians 6:19); that is, your body is the Bethlehem of God’s Son. Is the Son of God being given His opportunity to work in me? Is the direct simplicity of His life being worked out in me exactly as it was worked out in His life while here on earth? When I come into contact with the everyday occurrences of life as an ordinary human being, is the prayer of the Son to His Father being prayed in me? Jesus says, “In that day you will ask in My name…” (John 16:26). What day does He mean? He is referring to the day when the Holy Spirit has come to me and made me one with Him.

Is Jesus abundantly satisfied by our lives, or are we exhibiting a walk of spiritual pride before Him? We must not allow our common sense to be so prominent and forceful that it pushes the Son of God to one side. Common sense is a gift that God has given to our human nature, but common sense is not a gift of His Son. Supernatural sense is the gift of His Son, and we should never put our common sense on the throne. The Son always recognizes and identifies with the Father, but common sense has never yet done so and never will. Our ordinary abilities will never worship God unless the indwelling Son of God transforms them. We must make sure that our human flesh is kept in perfect submission to Him, allowing Him to work through it moment by moment. Are we living at such a level of human dependence upon Jesus Christ that His life is being exhibited moment by moment in us?