Magnificent Prayer #181
Magnificent Prayer #181
I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be my people.
Leviticus 26:12
In a sense, all men may pray: it is a creature-privilege. But such prayer, sin having intervened, places God under no obligation. When, however, God enters into covenant agreement with man, prayer is the exercise of a covenant-privilege. God has obligated Himself. It is a mutual matter. God must do His part. Thus prayer becomes more than mere prayer; it is communion and fellowship.
NORMAN B. HARRISON
Pray About It: Why does God answer prayer? It’s because He’s instituted a new covenant with man, based on grace, not on law. Part of this new covenant is His commitment to the prayers of His people. He has given us promises regarding prayer that He cannot and will not break.
God can do anything but lie. We have His word. Prayer is a granted privilege of His children. He is bound by His integrity to hear our prayers.
Pray in confidence. He has bound Himself to hear your requests.
Covenant blessings are not meant to be looked at only, but to be appropriated. O Christian, I beseech you, do not treat God’s promises as if they were curiosities for a museum, but use them as everyday sources of comfort.
CHARLES HADDON SPURGEON
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