Got To See the President

During the War Between the States, a young soldier in the Union Army lost his older brother & his father in the battle of Gettysburg. The soldier decided to go to Washington D.C. to see President Lincoln to ask for an exemption from military service so that he could go back & help his sister & mother with the spring planting on the farm. When he arrived in Washington, after having received a furlough from the military to go & plead his case, he went to the White House, approached the front gate & asked to see the President.
The guard on duty told him, "You can't see the President, young man! Don't you know there's a war going on? The President is a very busy man! Now go away, son! Get back out there on the battle lines where you belong!"
So the young soldier left, very disheartened, & was sitting on a little park bench not far from the White House, when a little boy came up to him. The boy said, "Soldier, you look unhappy. What's wrong?" The soldier looked at the little boy & began to spill his heart to him. He told of his father & his brother being killed in the war, & of the desperate situation at home. He explained that his mother & sister had no one to help them with the farm. The little boy listened & said, "I can help you, soldier." He took the soldier by the hand & led him back to the front gate of the White House. Apparently the guard didn't notice them, because they weren't stopped. They walked straight to the front door of the White House & walked right in. After they got inside, they walked right past generals & high-ranking officials, & no one said a word. The soldier couldn't understand this. Why didn't anyone try to stop them?
Finally, they reached the Oval Office where the President was working & the little boy didn't even knock on the door. He just walked right in & led the soldier in with him. There behind the desk was Abraham Lincoln & his Secretary of State, looking over battle plans that were laid out on his desk.
The President looked at the boy & at the soldier & said, "Good afternoon, Todd. Can you introduce me to your friend?" Then Todd Lincoln, the son of the President, said, "Daddy, this soldier needs to talk to you."
The soldier pled his case before Mr. Lincoln & right then & there he received the exemption that he desired.
Because of Jesus Christ, God's Son, we have access to our Father. Not just God & Lord, but our Father. Jesus said to pray like this, "Our Father…"
It is so awesome to be able to come to the only true & living God, the great "I Am", the God of creation, the God of Abraham, Isaac & Jacob, the God who protected & made Joseph successful in Egypt, the God that lead Moses & the Children of Israel, the God who helped David defeat Goliath & placed him as king of His people, the God who sent His only Son to die for us when we didn't deserve or honor Him for it, the God who built a bridge to Himself for us when we were still sinners. We can come to him as a son to a Father.


"But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ… for through Him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father." Ephesians 2:13,18


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