Psalm 3:2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.

We have been talking about using the tools that God provides in our daily salvation. You might have thought I took a detour into prayer but prayer is our greatest source of help when it comes to salvation.

Psalm 28:7 The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

Psalm 69:13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

Let me ask you a pointed question and if it should prick your conscience say ouch.

How much of your prayer life is directed at your own salvation? How much help do you seek with any amount of sin in your life? Do you consider yourself “good to go”?

We remember what we were in that past life, before Christ. I see a real danger in my relationship with Christ when I look at the distance I have traveled from the grave of my old man. That is not the object, to distance ourselves from the past. Our objective is to draw closer to God and the obstacles to that closeness lay ahead of us, not behind.

Psalm 17:15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

Our satisfaction is in Christ, not in ourselves. Yes, I have come a long way but I am not nearly close enough. As the song says, “Draw me close to You!” That is a prayer God will honor.