Our Prayers are Heard
Then he said to me, “Fear not, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart to understand and humbled yourself before your God, your words have been heard, and I have come because of your words. Daniel 10:12, ESV
Daniel had been fasting and praying because his heart was heavy for his people because of the treachery that the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel had committed against God. It brought great calamity on the people. Daniel was seeking God for his great mercy on them.
In Daniel’s prayer he address all the wrong Israel had done to God. We have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules. We have not listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. To you, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us open shame, as at this day, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, those who are near and those who are far away, in all the lands to which you have driven them, because of the treachery that they have committed against you. To us, O Lord, belongs open shame, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against you. To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God by walking in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets. Daniel 9:5-10, ESV
Israel had sinned greatly against God and all the calamities that God told them would happen if they disobeyed, came upon them. Even though Daniel knew that the punishment was just and his people were wrong; he still sought God for mercy.
This story gives me so much hope and confidence in our God because it says in Daniel 10:12 that Daniel’s prayer was heard from the moment he set his heart to seek God. Daniel had fasted and prayed for 21 days, but the angel said the first day they heard his prayer God moved them to bring answers to Daniel’s request.
It does not matter where we find ourselves, or what situations we bring upon ourselves, it is never so terrible that we cannot turn to God with a repented heart and he not hear us. Psalm 66:19-20 says, “But truly God has listened; he has attended to the voice of my prayer.” Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer, or removed his steadfast love from me!
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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