Who Do You See When You Pray?

𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟳𝟬𝟬 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲?! From Father to Friend, The Word to The Way, Jesus, True God, Son of God, Strong Tower, My Shepherd, My Shelter, King of Kings and LORD of Lords, Bright and Morning Star, Jehovah Elohim – The LORD God, El Hayyay – The God of My Life. What about the Alpha and the Omega, Alpha being the first letter of the Greek Alphabet and Omega being the last. Essentially saying, God you are everything from A to Z and somewhere between Alpha and Omega there are 700 names of God, 700 different aspects of His personality, 700 different character traits that make up your God.

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗚𝗼𝗱, 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱? Is it the one hanging on all those old ancient walls, the one that shows Jesus as a shepherd with a lamb around His neck? Or perhaps it is the one of Our Savior hanging upon a cross. Does He have His hand outstretched across the stormy sea? Do you visualize Him as friend, constant companion? When you close your eyes and begin to pray what do you see? Do you see the man, or do you see Almighty God?

Revelation 1:12-17 describes Jesus, the Son of God, this way – “𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒂𝒏, 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒂𝒔𝒉 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒕. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒐𝒍, 𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒏𝒐𝒘, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒆. 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒛𝒆 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒇𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒄𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔. 𝑰𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒑, 𝒅𝒐𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒆-𝒆𝒅𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅. 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒏 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆. 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒘 𝒉𝒊𝒎, 𝑰 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒅.” What a description of power, of might, of majesty. Jesus portrayed with eyes of fire, those same eyes that had filled with tears at Lazarus’ tomb now flaming with the fire of a righteous Judge before whom nothing is hidden. A voice resounding and roaring with power and authority. His face shining like the sun, glory blinding, light dazzling, that same glory that struck Paul blind on his way to Damascus.

I think that what you see when you pray makes a difference, the revelation of Jesus caused John to fall down as though dead. He knew this was Almighty God, the God of All Power, the God who crushes the enemy, the God who can blind you with one brief glance at His glory. 𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘆, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆? All powerful, for whom nothing is impossible. Today when you close your eyes, I pray that you would see Jesus in all of His brilliance, in all of His power and that as you do faith would arise and revelation would be yours just as it was John’s. Almighty God, the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end, your everything from A to Z.