"This, then, is how you should pray: "'Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name …’” Matthew 6:9. 

What a blessing to be able to address the Creator of the universe in prayer!  And how are we able to address him?  With flowery titles and prestigious words?  Through an inaccessible man in gilded robes in an unassailable fortress?  No.  He is “Father” to us and as near as a whisper of a thought!  Now this hasn’t always been. 

Throughout Old Testament times, man needed to go through an earthly mediator at the temple, bringing first a sacrifice for sin.  Though God loved his creation, he hadn’t yet made himself known to us through His Son.  Jesus changed everything – but especially the relationship we have with God.  His work on the cross and as a mediator and intercessor as our High Priest has brought us near to God so that we can have confidence to enter behind the curtain which is Jesus’ body into the Most Holy Place, heaven itself, to speak with “Our Father” face to face. 

 
Do you often speak with your Father?