Magnificent Prayer #224
Magnificent Prayer #224
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised.
Luke 4:18 KJV
A true prayer is an inventory of needs, a catalog of necessities, an exposure of secret wounds, a revelation of hidden poverty.
CHARLES HADDON SPURGEON
Pray About It: Today, let God have a list of your needs and necessities. Open your secret wounds to Him for cleansing and binding up. Surrender your hidden poverty for His riches. When Jesus read from Isaiah in the synagogue, all eyes were on Him. As He sat down, He said to those present, “This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.”
On that basis, we can ask Him to heal us, to deliver us, to set us at liberty.
The best prayer comes from a strong inward need of necessity. When our lives are serene and placid, our prayers are apt to be dull and listless. When we reach a crisis, a moment of danger, a serious illness, or a heavy bereavement, then our prayers are fervent and vital. Someone has wisely said, “The arrow that is to enter heaven must be launched from a bow fully bent.” A sense of urgency, of helplessness, of conscious need is the womb from which the best prayers are born.
WILLIAM MACDONALD
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