June 29
Charles Spurgeon · Faith's Checkbook
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.