June 29
INVITATION TO PRAY
"Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and
mighty things, which thou knowest not" Jer. 33:3
God encourages us to pray. They tell us that prayer is a pious
exercise which has no influence except upon the mind engaged in it. We
know better. Our experience gives the lie a thousand times over to
this infidel assertion. Here Jehovah, the living God, distinctly
promises to answer the prayer of His servant. Let us call upon Him
again, and admit no doubt upon the question of His hearing us and
answering us. He that made the ear, shall He not hear? He that gave
parents a love to their children, will He not listen to the cries of
His own sons and daughters?
God will answer His pleading people in their anguish. He has
wonders in store for them. What they have never seen, heard of, or
dreamed of, He will do for them. He will invent new blessings if
needful. He will ransack sea and land to feed them: He will send every
angel out of Heaven to succor them, if their distress requires it. He
will astound us with His grace, and make us feel that it was never
before done in this fashion. All He asks of us is that we will call
upon Him. He cannot ask less of us. Let us cheerfully render Him our
prayers at once.