A Word of Encouragement
Message of Encouragement.
'But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children; To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.'
Psalm 103 v 17, 18.How encouraging is the thought of the Redeemer's never-ceasing intercession for us. When we pray, He pleads for us; and when we are not praying, He is advocating our cause, and by His supplications shielding us from unseen dangers. We little know what we owe to our Saviour's prayers. When we reach the hilltops of heaven, and look back upon all the way whereby the Lord our God has led us, how we shall praise Him who, before the the eternal throne, has pleaded our cause against our unseen enemies. 'But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not.'
If any one should ask me for an epitome of the Christian religion, I should say, it is in that one word - prayer. If I should be asked, 'What will take in the whole of Christian experience?' I should answer, 'prayer.' A man must have been convinced of sin before he could pray; he must have had some hope that there was mercy for him before he could pray. All the Christian virtues are locked up in the word prayer.
In troubled times our best communion with God will be carried on by supplication. Tell Him your case; search out His promise, and then plead it with holy boldness. This is the best, the surest, the speediest way of relief.
By : C H Spurgeon.
From the book: 'Day By Day with C H Spurgeon'. Compiled by: Al Bryant.
Published by: Word Publishing, Word (UK) Ltd., Milton Keynes, England.