A Mother’s Prayers
(NIV) Rev 5:8 And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of God’s people. 9 And they sang a new song…
Today is my mother’s birthday. She has lived almost as many years in heaven as she did on this earth.
I have grieved over many things in my lifetime, and one of the things I have mourned was the loss of my mother’s prayers. You see, I awoke many times hearing my mother cry out to God on behalf of her children. Not long after she died I realized I had no one to cover me in prayer. I felt that loss almost as much as my mother’s physical presence.
But then one day many years later I read this passage in the book of the Revelation. What joy I felt when I realized my mother’s prayers are all still in heaven, stored up in golden vials for me, my brother and my sister. And I am amazed once again at how intricately woven together is God’s universe. He has left nothing to chance, nothing undone, making provision even for a mother’s prayers.
What a day that will be,
When my Jesus I shall see,
And I look upon His face,
The One who saved me by His grace;
When He takes me by the hand,
And leads me through the Promised Land,
What a day, glorious day that will be.
May we each be comforted in knowing that every prayer ever spoken on our behalf is stored in heaven, and may we take a moment to praise God for His great love.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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