But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Lord. At an acceptable and opportune time, O God, in the multitude of Your mercy and the abundance of Your loving-kindness hear me, and in the truth and faithfulness of Your salvation answer me. Psalm 69:13 AMPC (Amplified Bible, Classic Edition)
In God’s timing and season through His promise and His support to us we receive blessings. We as Christians accept His blessings with a sound mind and heart as our sincere prayers to Him are answered. They are answered due to the great vastness of God’s loving-kindness, and how He values us with favor.
How does God give mercy when He hears our prayers? God gives mercy through the redemption of Christ’s blood that Jesus shed on the cross. Jesus’ blood is “the truth and faithfulness of (His) salvation” offered to all men, women, and children worldwide when our prayers are answered.
In “the abundance of (His) loving-kindness” Jesus hears our positive prayer that contains no negativity in what we ask for as He has taught us in the Gospels. We are to be honest in our asking so that the abundance of His loving-kindness is made real in our lives. Our thoughts in asking must be true, honest, just, pure, lovely, and of a good report (Philippians 4:8 KJV).
We are promised God’s blessings, and we receive God’s favor in His “acceptable and opportune time” to us.
Brenda A. McGee has attended New York Theological Seminary in New York, NY, and Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA as a Master of Divinity student.