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2026-11-06

Livin' on a Prayer 2: Privileged

Revelation 4:11 NIV

Fasten your seatbelts. We're heading to Revelation. In chapter 4, verse 11, we get the following words, said to God in worship: '...you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being' (NIV). It's easy to get tangled up in this particular part of the Bible, so let's focus on one simple thing that might just transform the way you think about prayer time...

Revelation tells us that God created everything, including us. That He planned us. It's always been His will that we exist. It hasn't always gone to plan. But, despite that, God still chooses us, so much so that He became human, died, and broke down the barriers between us and Him. When Jesus died, 'The veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom' (Mark 15:38 NKJV), opening up the place where only the High Priest was allowed, where God's presence was. Because of that decision, we can approach Him like 'a Kingdom of priests' (Revelation 1:6 NLT), at any time. It took the death of a King, but chatting to our Father, anywhere, in any state, is now possible.

That's not the plan of a distant god who happened to throw human-shaped-things together and thought they were alright. It is a God who 'chose us ... before the creation of the world' (Ephesians 1:4 NIV). Let that sink in. You are His intention. However you feel, whatever anyone else thinks of you, He wants you to exist, and He delights in the fact that you do.

Links to Bible verses: Holy Bible

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