Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Morning Devotional For Wednesday October 11, 2017 |
Morning Time: 5:17 AM PST
"Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens."
--Lamentations 3:41
The act of prayer teaches us our unworthiness, which is a very
salutary lesson for such proud beings as we are. If God gave us favours without
constraining us to pray for them we should never know how poor we are, but a
true prayer is an inventory of wants, a catalogue of necessities, a revelation
of hidden poverty. While it is an application to divine wealth, it is a
confession of human emptiness. The most healthy state of a Christian is to be
always empty in self and constantly depending upon the Lord for supplies; to be
always poor in self and rich in Jesus; weak as water personally, but mighty
through God to do great exploits; and hence the use of prayer, because, while it
adores God, it lays the creature where it should be, in the very dust. Prayer is
in itself, apart from the answer which it brings, a great benefit to the
Christian. As the runner gains strength for the race by daily exercise, so for
the great race of life we acquire energy by the hallowed labour of prayer.
Prayer plumes the wings of God's young eaglets, that they may learn to mount
above the clouds. Prayer girds the loins of God's warriors, and sends them forth
to combat with their sinews braced and their muscles firm. An earnest pleader
cometh out of his closet, even as the sun ariseth from the chambers of the east,
rejoicing like a strong man to run his race. Prayer is that uplifted hand of
Moses which routs the Amalekites more than the sword of Joshua; it is the arrow
shot from the chamber of the prophet foreboding defeat to the Syrians. Prayer
girds human weakness with divine strength, turns human folly into heavenly
wisdom, and gives to troubled mortals the peace of God. We know not what prayer
cannot do! We thank thee, great God, for the mercy-seat, a choice proof of thy
marvellous lovingkindness. Help us to use it aright throughout this day!
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