”O my God, incline Thine ear, and hear; open Thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by Thy name: for we do not present our supplications before Thee for our righteousnesses, but for Thy great mercies.“ Daniel‬ ‭9‬:‭18‬ ‭KJV‬‬. As Daniel prayed for his people, he confessed that he was not calling upon God because of any goodness in himself or his people. The basis of his plea was the great mercy of God. Today, we sometimes lose sight of this truth. We begin to imagine that because we are Christians and living good lives that our prayers become acceptable to God because of who we are or what we have done. But may God help us to understand, the only reason we can come before God is because He is a merciful God. No matter how good we could ever become, it could never be enough to qualify us to come before our infinitely Holy God. One of the reasons that Jesus shed His blood upon the cross was so that, through His blood, we could have access to the Holy Father. And now, through the blood of Jesus, we can come boldly before God’s throne of grace and mercy. In reality, all that Jesus did for us in His great atoning work, was the mercy of God to undeserving people. So let us always remember when we pray and call upon God, we have this privilege only because of His great mercy. None of us are worthy of the least of His blessings. Let us rejoice in the great mercies of God!