We are told, “Not
one in a hundred among us
is doing anything beyond engaging in common, worldly enterprises. We are not
half awake to the worth of the souls for whom Christ died.”
However, just because we’ve wasted a lot of time, it doesn’t mean we need to keep wasting time. He is trying to wake us up, and He is ready even now to build us into strong houses of prayer for His
glory!
"For what nation is there so
great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things
that we call upon Him for." If we will draw nigh to God, He will draw nigh
to us, and His glory will go before us. He will indite our petitions, teaching
us to ask for the very things that He has pledged Himself to bestow on us.”[i]
“Indite” is a legal term which means that He is going to
arrange things in such a way that the answer will be yes. As we pray in His
name, He covers us with His blood, and then His will becomes our own. Thus we
will receive answers, for we are praying according to His glory. “And whatsoever
ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in
the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.” (John 14:13-14)
“[The will of man] is to be united with the will of God. Then the Lord
can use it to bring honor and glory to His
name… If we will consent, God can and will so identify us with Himself, so mold
our thoughts and aims, that when obeying His will, we are only carrying
out the impulse of our own
minds.” [ii]
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