Who We Are To Pray To…..

It’s always bothered me when I hear people pray to saints, or other gods. I’m not exactly sure how God sees it, but in this Psalm David states that he prays only to God and no one else. If David was a “man after God’s own heart” designated by God Himself, then this passage in the Psalms must tell us something. Is it possible that we are not supposed to pray to saints or through saints, for they aren’t the channel in which we are saved. Asking someone to tell God for us, means we don’t have confidence in Jesus, Who is the One that made our salvation possible. Praying to saints or other gods, only shows our lack of understanding. It means we don’t know or trust the One Who grants us eternal life. It might just be a false piety, “I’m not worthy to pray because I’m a sinner, but praying to a forgiven sinner (a saint) is how God hears my prayer” seems sacrilegious, doesn’t it?We are to pray to God, and God alone. He is the One that hears and answers prayers. Why was the curtain torn in the temple when Jesus died on the cross? Because it was God’s way of showing us that the way to Him is now open to all that call on His name. It no longer required one designated person, once a year, to go into the temple to make the atoning sacrifice for everyone. Jesus did it once and for all. “There is no other name, given among men, by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). Jesus, God Himself, and the Holy Spirit are One. So that’s is Who we are to pray to and pray through. Anything else is idolatrous.

2 Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God,for I pray to no one but You.3 Listen to my voice in the morning, Lord.Each morning I bring my requests to You and wait expectantly. Psalms 5:2-3