Desiderata to Have a One on One Relationship with God

UV 3353/10000 Desiderata to Have A One On One Relationship with God
Search me thoroughly, O God, and know my heart; Test me and know my anxious thoughts.
Psalm 139 v 24

Yesterday, a simple man of God met me and explained that three things are needed to have all our prayers heard and answered by the Lord. Three things that are needed to make the tiny mustard seed of faith to grow into mountain-shaking, giant-killing power. The key is to have our heart clear and clean before the Lord. We need to invite the Lord to examine our hearts daily, to know our thoughts, our fears and anxieties that divide the heart and to examine if any wicked or harmful intention is hidden in our hearts. We need to ask the Lord to lead and guide us in the way of eternal truth and life. For this we need to hide His truth or His word in our hearts that the Lord reveals His wisdom to us through the hidden word.

The second thing is that we need to pray that in addition to a clean heart, we should have a steadfast spirit within us, a spirit of steadfast, faithful and consistent love for the Lord. We should stay true to our commitment to Him and stay the course till it is over, day after day till our last day. In fact, we should fan our zeal for the Lord and His word and work into full flame. If we err, we should confess it to the Lord and come back to the full fervor of faith.

The third thing is that we should ask the Lord to guard our mouths. The Holy Spirit will keep a watch over the door of our lips, to keep us from talking thoughtlessly. Our communication should be wholesome, edifying, noble, helpful, encouraging, building the faith and hope of others, not pulling it down. These three commitments together will make us the apple of the eye of the Lord. He will look at the world through our eyes and use our hearts, minds and mouths as His instruments of healing and deliverance. Through these three prayers at the start of every day, our thoughts, emotions, decisions, desires, actions and speech would be in alignment with each other and the Lord and His word. Without the Lord’s help, no man can bring the heart, the spirit and the tongue under control. Only God has complete knowledge of us, our inner thoughts and feelings, our strengths and weaknesses. Without Him our strengths can be a weakness. With Him our weaknesses can be a strength. Only the Lord as an examiner can spot, purify and cleanse us. Only He can make our spirits truthful, faithful and steadfast. Only He can help us regulate our speech. Only He who has complete knowledge and wisdom can lead. Hence, only God can lead us day by day. We cannot ask to see our final destiny but He will surely guide us step by step.