Prayers Of The Spirit: Uninterrupted Access to His Love
Study The Word
2 Thessalonians 3:5 (KJV)
And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.”
As you study most of these prayers you’ll discover that these prayers provide for us God’s will for us regarding how He wants our heart posture to be from now on until the rapture of the church. Over and above that, it also reveals to us that there are personal spiritual development exercises God wants us to be busy with whilst we wait for the day of His appearing. And these instructions prepare us and position us rightly for that day. Glory to God!
Now one of those exercises is revealed to us in this prayer of the Spirit for “the Lord to direct“, which in the Greek reveals a powerful spiritual work He wants to do in our hearts. Let’s get deeper into it! Remember that a lot of the time as you study the scriptures, and you encounter the term “heart”; more often than not contextually it always refers to the composition of your spirit and your soul together. So when you see the term heart it is never referring to your physical heart. You can also make the mistake of minimizing it to also just mean your spirit. But the term heart most of the time is usually referring to what the Apostle Paul referred to as “the hidden man of the heart!” The idea usually is to bring into focus both your spirit and your soul together and not separate. Your soul being your mind, will and emotions, and your spirit being what it is your spirit.
κατευθύνω kateuthunō direct – to make straight, guide, lead straight toward, remove obstacles from the path, clear the way
So now when he prays “may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God”, and you study the word direct which is the Greek word kateuthunō which means to make straight, remove obstacles from the path or clear the way. This would give us a clear understanding of what the direction of the Spirit is with this prayer. So it’s telling us that not only does God love you, but He also wants to actively help to guide your heart, and make a straight and clear pathway removing any obstacles in our mind, our will and emotions that could keep you from experiencing this love that He has for you. So the Lord wants to actively help us with this? The Lord wants to answer this prayer for us! That’s amazing. What a prayer!
So as we pray this prayer of the Spirit, God will remove any obstacles in our hearts that could hinder our experiencing His love whilst we wait for the appearing of the Lord! He is clearing the way! He is making a straight path for your heart to be fully connected to His love! Any hindering force, any hindering plan, any limitation that would try to hinder you from being connected to God’s love—this prayer addresses it directly!
You see, the enemy knows the power of God’s love in your life. He knows that when you are fully connected to the love of God, when your heart is directed toward His love, you become bold and unstoppable! You become unshakeable! So what does he do? He creates mental distractions. He brings circumstances to try and stir up your emotions wrongly. He orchestrates situations designed to distract your heart away from the love of God. But we have a prayer of the Spirit we can pray deal with all these devices which says, “Lord, direct my heart towards your love! Remove every obstacle, every distraction. Lord clear the way of my mind, my will and emotions for clear pathway in my heart to experience your love right now, in the name of Jesus Christ, amen!”
The word “love” here is the Greek: agapē love – divine love, unconditional love, the love of God.
So the prayer is so that your heart would be directed straight into this love—with no hindrances, no limitations, no interruptions! This is God’s will for your life: free access! Free direct contact! Free uninterrupted access to His love every day, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, three hundred and sixty-five days a year! And notice what else Paul includes in this prayer: “and into the patient waiting for Christ.”
ὑπομονή hupomonē patient waiting – steadfastness, endurance, patient continuance, the quality of remaining under and not running away
The same prayer that directs your heart into God’s love also directs you into the patient, steadfast waiting for the appearing of Christ! You see, these prayer points are not random—they are specifically designed to prepare you and position you for the coming of the Lord! When your heart is anchored in God’s love, you can patiently wait. You can endure. You don’t become anxious or restless. You remain steadfast because you are secure in His love!
Pray The Word
Heavenly Father, I thank You for directing my heart into Your love! I ask You to remove every obstacle, every distraction, every hindering force that would try to disconnect me from Your love. I receive avalanches of Your love today—free access, uninterrupted connection, every moment of every day as I patiently wait for the appearing of Christ, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Speak The Word
My heart is directed toward God! My heart is always directed toward His love! I have free access, free uninterrupted contact of the love of God every single day. I am a recipient of avalanches of His eternal love. I am anchored in His love, patiently waiting for the appearing of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, in the name of the Lord Jesus!