Sept. 30
NEEDS TO OPEN OUR MOUTHS
"Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it" Ps. 81:10
What an encouragement to pray! Our human notions would lead us to
ask small things because our deservings are so small; but the Lord
would have us request great blessings. Prayer should be as simple a
matter as the opening of the mouth; it should be a natural,
unconstrained utterance. When a man is earnest he opens his mouth
wide, and our text urges us to be fervent in our supplications.
Yet it also means that we may make bold with God, and ask many and
large blessings at His hands. Read the whole verse, and see the
argument: "I am Jehovah, thy God, which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it." Because the Lord
has given us so much He invites us to ask for more, yea, to expect
more.
See how the little birds in their nests seem to be all mouth when
the mother comes to feed them. Let it be the same with us. Let us take
in grace at every door. Let us drink it in as a sponge sucks up the
water in which it lies. God is ready to fill us if we are only ready
to be filled. Let our needs make us open our mouths; let our faintness
cause us to open our mouths and pant; yea, let our alarm make us open
our mouths with a child's cry. The opened mouth shall be filled by the
Lord Himself. So be it unto us, O Lord, this day.
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