Sept. 30
Charles Spurgeon · Faith's Checkbook
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.