In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence. Hebrews 5:7

Another aspect to the prayers of the righteous is reverence, which goes alongside humility. Just as when we pray that familiar prayer, “Our Father which art in Heaven, Hallowed by thy name”, that’s the reverence the writer of Hebrews is talking about.

The other aspect to this verse is the tears and cries. We don’t get emotional when we pray. Jesus did. He was facing death square in the eyes.

And yet we see very troubling societal evils turned into cultural norms that should bring us to weeping: sex trafficking, pedophilia, slavery, abortion, and blatant corruption to name a few. Just listing those sins grieves me as I’m sure it does many of you. Fortunately, we can be certain it grieves God so we’re on the right side of the issue.

Okay, so now what? What do we do with this? I think we ask God what we can do about it? We can’t do everything but we can do something. The little steps we take against these evils add up. Part of it is awareness and the other portion is rolling up our sleeves and doing what it takes to get the job done.

What is God telling you?