Jesus pray for us sitting at the right of the throne of God even after Jesus was raised to life and ascended into heaven.
Christ Jesus, who died more than that, who was raised to life-is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us (Romans 8:34)
Jesus prayed earnestly to help mankind who are suffering from the sins and the curses and to save them from perishing for the sins and is now praying in heaven. Nevertheless, if we don’t pray, how sad would God be?
We are the ones who need to pray day and night because there are lots of problems. In spite of that, if we don’t pray, that means we don’t need help from God. Trying to live for yourself without help from God is arrogant. It’s because human beings are too weak to live without the help of God.
We need to cry to God for help if we want to get help from God. God promised to answer our prayer in the name of Jesus the only Son. (John 14:13) The promise was made to everyone in the world. So we must firmly trust the promise and pray to God. Prayer is like a bill that we who have the right to use the promise can demand the one who has made a promise to give. Let me be clear, the most beautiful bill is a prayer.
Whoever prays in the name of Jesus can meet the Lord and be answered. How can you just watch a person who is drowning? You must save him crying in a hurry, “Help”. You can’t just sit doing nothing in a time of trouble. You need to cry out for the help of God. Intentional prayer is urgent because we designate the time. You need to cry out way more earnestly.
Pastor Seok-Jeon Yoon
Extracted from Yonsei Newspaper #677
