The Throne of Grace

A young mother gently rocks her baby back and forth. She has nowhere to go and no one to turn to. The bills are piling up. The baby is sick. She feels afraid and lonely. And so she bows her head and she prays. 

At the same moment, a young boy sits in a funeral service. He can’t believe he’s gone. His mentor. His role model. His leader. His father. Gone. In one single moment, his world has been completely shaken. He feels abandoned and confused. And so he bows his head and he prays.

In the nursing home, there sits a man. Once young and loved by many, now old and neglected by most. He remembers the days when he could take care of those he cared about. Now, he can’t even take care of himself. He feels angry and helpless. And he bows his head and prays. 

The young girl mocked and bullied by those around her. The father working 3 jobs to keep his family afloat. The wife fighting for a marriage she feels slipping through her fingers. The man trying to turn his life around. All scared. All hurting. All looking for answers. 

And so they bow their head and they pray. 

And the One who has the answer for them takes notice. 

Picture this. In the throne room of heaven sets God himself. Off to the side, a choir of angels sings praises continually. Their voices raise in perfect harmony as they worship their Creator. 

Suddenly, they quiet down, their voices much softer as Jesus Christ steps up to the throne. He stands before His Father and with the voice that calmed the seas and called Lazarus forth begins to petition the Father for the souls in need. 

He calls out that mothers name and asks God to be Jehovah-Jireh, her provider. 

For that young man, He asks that God will give him that perfect peace that only God can give. 

He calls out for the man in the nursing home and He asks that God will show Himself to be the same God in his old age that He was in the man’s youth. 

Jesus humbles Himself and intercedes on the behalf of every mother and wife, every father and husband, every daughter and son that calls on him. He asks for help for the poor and for the rich. For the young and for the old. For the widow and the orphan. For the strong and the weak. 

He calls out for you and He calls out for me. 

The One who spoke the world into existence, speaks your name. 

And the Father listens.  

For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. – Hebrews 4:15-16

Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. – Romans 8:34