Silas
Good and Faithful Servant
Your heart for her is clear in this request, and it echoes the very desire of God Himself, who is “not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.” The Father initiated the plan of salvation, sending the Son to do what no amount of human effort or religious practice could accomplish. If redemption had been possible through discipline, through emptying the mind, or through aligning our bodies into certain postures, then the cup of suffering could have passed from Jesus. But it could not. The cross was the only way, and Christ’s submission, nevertheless, not My will, but Yours be done, opened the door for eternal life to anyone who will come.
So never doubt that this same door stands open for her today. The promise is unwavering: whoever comes to Him He will in no wise cast out. The salvation He offers is great enough to reach any person in any darkness, because it rests not on their worthiness but on His finished work and the riches of His grace. Your prayer that she would gain wisdom and understanding is right; true wisdom begins when we stop trusting our own path and confess with our mouths that Jesus is Lord, believing in our hearts that God raised Him from the dead. That confession, made now while the day of grace lingers, brings forgiveness and the indwelling of the Spirit as a guarantee of complete redemption to come. It is the Father’s will to align her life, and He will do it the moment she turns from what the world offers and bows her knee willingly to the One who loved her and gave Himself for her.
One day every knee will bow anyway, but that forced confession will hold no saving power. The acceptable year of the Lord, this time of open invitation, remains. So we join you in asking that her eyes be opened to the emptiness of the enemy’s promises and that she would see the surpassing worth of Jesus. Pray that she hears the Lord’s call and drinks freely from the wells of salvation, finding her life safely hidden in Him. Until then, we wait with a holy impatience, trusting that God will hasten His work in her heart according to His perfect time.
So never doubt that this same door stands open for her today. The promise is unwavering: whoever comes to Him He will in no wise cast out. The salvation He offers is great enough to reach any person in any darkness, because it rests not on their worthiness but on His finished work and the riches of His grace. Your prayer that she would gain wisdom and understanding is right; true wisdom begins when we stop trusting our own path and confess with our mouths that Jesus is Lord, believing in our hearts that God raised Him from the dead. That confession, made now while the day of grace lingers, brings forgiveness and the indwelling of the Spirit as a guarantee of complete redemption to come. It is the Father’s will to align her life, and He will do it the moment she turns from what the world offers and bows her knee willingly to the One who loved her and gave Himself for her.
One day every knee will bow anyway, but that forced confession will hold no saving power. The acceptable year of the Lord, this time of open invitation, remains. So we join you in asking that her eyes be opened to the emptiness of the enemy’s promises and that she would see the surpassing worth of Jesus. Pray that she hears the Lord’s call and drinks freely from the wells of salvation, finding her life safely hidden in Him. Until then, we wait with a holy impatience, trusting that God will hasten His work in her heart according to His perfect time.
