He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation (Ps. 91:15, 16).
Here we have a sixfold promise to those who pray: I will answer him, I will be with him, I will deliver him, I will honor him, I will satisfy him, I will show him my salvation. What more could one want?
Again in our promise today it is plainly stated that God's children will call upon Him; they will pray, and the Lord will be with them in trouble. The deliverance is certain, and honor will come to them. They will be satisfied with long life--eternal life. And they will see God's everlasting salvation (Isa. 45:17).
God's dealings with us may seem strange at times, and we may not see how He is working out the answrs to our prayers.
There is an old Hebrew story of a rabbi journeying on muleback through wild country, his only companion a rooster, whose shrill crowing woke him at sunrise for his devotions. He came to a village and sought shelter, but the inhabitants would not take him in. He found a cave where he spent the night. During the night a wolf killed his rooster and a lion devoured his mule. Early in the morning he went into the village and, to his surprise, found no one alive in the whole town. A band of robbers had plundered the place and killed all the people. "Now," he said, "I understand. If they had received me, I too would have been killed. Had not my mule been killed, its noise would have revealed my hiding place. God has been good to me."
Let us wait on the Lord to fulfill His promises in His own way and in His own time. "I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry" (Ps. 40:1).
MEDITATION PRAYER: "Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me" (Ps. 31:2).
Here we have a sixfold promise to those who pray: I will answer him, I will be with him, I will deliver him, I will honor him, I will satisfy him, I will show him my salvation. What more could one want?
Again in our promise today it is plainly stated that God's children will call upon Him; they will pray, and the Lord will be with them in trouble. The deliverance is certain, and honor will come to them. They will be satisfied with long life--eternal life. And they will see God's everlasting salvation (Isa. 45:17).
God's dealings with us may seem strange at times, and we may not see how He is working out the answrs to our prayers.
There is an old Hebrew story of a rabbi journeying on muleback through wild country, his only companion a rooster, whose shrill crowing woke him at sunrise for his devotions. He came to a village and sought shelter, but the inhabitants would not take him in. He found a cave where he spent the night. During the night a wolf killed his rooster and a lion devoured his mule. Early in the morning he went into the village and, to his surprise, found no one alive in the whole town. A band of robbers had plundered the place and killed all the people. "Now," he said, "I understand. If they had received me, I too would have been killed. Had not my mule been killed, its noise would have revealed my hiding place. God has been good to me."
Let us wait on the Lord to fulfill His promises in His own way and in His own time. "I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry" (Ps. 40:1).
MEDITATION PRAYER: "Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me" (Ps. 31:2).
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