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**Psalms 65:2** — *"O You who listen to prayer, all people will come to You."*
The Hebrew behind "listen" carries the weight of *shama* — to hear with full attention, to act on what is received. This is not a God who tolerates our prayers the way a distracted parent half-hears a child. This is a God who *leans in*.
And the scope is staggering: *all people.* Not the articulate. Not the theologically polished. The shepherd who stumbles through words at dawn. The one who hasn't prayed in years and finally breaks. The prodigal rehearsing a speech that dissolves the moment the Father runs toward him — Luke 15:20.
Every voice, every tongue, every trembling approach — received.
Scripture reminds us that the covenant of prayer is not performance. It is access. Hebrews 4:16 calls us to *come boldly* — and boldness here means simply: come.
Let us reflect on what it means to dwell before a God who has never once stopped listening.
The Hebrew behind "listen" carries the weight of *shama* — to hear with full attention, to act on what is received. This is not a God who tolerates our prayers the way a distracted parent half-hears a child. This is a God who *leans in*.
And the scope is staggering: *all people.* Not the articulate. Not the theologically polished. The shepherd who stumbles through words at dawn. The one who hasn't prayed in years and finally breaks. The prodigal rehearsing a speech that dissolves the moment the Father runs toward him — Luke 15:20.
Every voice, every tongue, every trembling approach — received.
Scripture reminds us that the covenant of prayer is not performance. It is access. Hebrews 4:16 calls us to *come boldly* — and boldness here means simply: come.
Let us reflect on what it means to dwell before a God who has never once stopped listening.
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