"He hears us," I John 5:14
“This is a most interesting statement- ‘he heareth us.’ Now obviously, hearing is not something mechanical, because in that sense God hears everybody. No; this work ‘heareth’ is a very special one and is full of great meaning. It means that His ears are open to us; it means that His heart is enlarged towards us.
There used to be a saying that so-and-so was ‘the King’s favorite’ and that the favorite always ‘had the king’s ear.’ That does not mean that the King could not physically hear other people who spoke to him; it meant that the man who was a favorite of the King would be especially heard by him.... If we have eternal life, if we are His children, we, I say it with reverence, have the ear of God- we can be confident that His is always waiting to listen to us.
He is always ready to receive you in audience…. Think of an earthly father’s love and multiply that by infinity, taking all sin out of it, and that is God’s attitude towards you.
Start by thanking Him that you are His child, that He has adopted you, and that you are in Christ, and therefore He delights to see you come and to hear you offering up your prayers and your petitions. We are a favorite of the King if we have eternal life.
On Sept. 11, 2011, in NYC, my father's home, President Obama read King David's prayer from Psalm 46. Youtube. "He heareth us."
