Today's Daily Bread
Heard By God
After reading several children’s books with my daughter, I told her
that I was going to read a grown-up book for a while and then we would
look at books together again. I opened the cover and began to read in
silence. A few minutes later, she looked at me doubtfully and said,
“Mommy, you aren’t really reading.” She assumed that since I wasn’t
speaking, I wasn’t processing the words.
Like reading, prayer can be silent. Hannah, who longed for a child of
her own, visited the temple and “spoke in her heart” as she prayed. Her
lips were moving, but “her voice was not heard” (1 Sam. 1:13). Eli the
priest saw but misunderstood what was happening. She explained, “I . . .
have poured out my soul before the Lord” (v.15). God heard Hannah’s silent prayer request and gave her a son (v.20).
Since God searches our hearts and minds (Jer. 17:10), He sees and
hears every prayer—even the ones that never escape our lips. His
all-knowing nature makes it possible for us to pray with full confidence
that He will hear and answer (Matt. 6:8,32). Because of this, we can
continually praise God, ask Him for help, and thank Him for
blessings—even when no one else can hear us.
Sweet hour of prayer! Sweet hour of prayer!
That calls me from a world of care,
And bids me at my Father’s throne
Make all my wants and wishes known. —Walford
That calls me from a world of care,
And bids me at my Father’s throne
Make all my wants and wishes known. —Walford
God fills our heart with peace when we pour out our heart to Him.
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