Many times, in order to speak with a high-ranking official in any government or business, we must go through people for access to the top.  Secretaries and other people of importance have to give permission so we can proceed to the person with whom we want to communicate.
Not so with the living God!

Prayer, in the name of Jesus, gives us immediate access into God’s presence.

Wow!  No waiting on a phone line through the noise of canned music – no talking to a pre-programmed recording – no listening to a person you cannot understand.

(NASB) Psalm 5:1-3
“GIVE EAR to my words, O Lord,
Consider my groaning.
2 Heed the sound of my cry for help, my King and my God,
For to You I pray.
3 In the morning, O Lord, You will hear my voice;
In the morning I will order my prayer to You and eagerly watch.”

Plea of the pray-er! (verse 1)
Plea to be heard by the Lord God!
Plea for the Creator of all the galaxies to consider my groaning.

Request of the pray-er! (verse 2)
Asking my King and my God to hear me!
It is to this God I pray and not another god or gods!

  Promises of the pray-er.  (verse 3)
I will pray in the morning hours.
My King and my God will hear my voice at the beginning of my day.
I will be constant and consistent in praying to my God.
I will eagerly wait and expect God to answer my prayers.
I will watch for God’s answers – not my wants or desires – but His answers.

  Access for the pray-er
I have immediate access to God through faith in the name of Jesus!
For whom am I praying on a consistent basis?
Family?

Friends?

Believers who are being persecuted for their faith in the Lord Jesus?

Am I praying for this devotional to be an encouragement and a means to maturity?
Am I prayerfully sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ with others?

~ Take it to heart ~

  No one; no man or woman, need ever go through another person to be heard by the living God!  Amazing truth!  Amazing God!

I have immediate access to the living God through faith in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.