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I sometimes hear people say that we shouldn’t ask God for things, which seems strange since Paul instructed us to “make our requests known”. Today Charles Spurgeon reminds us of an admonition to not only to ask but to expect great things from God today on Faith’s Checkbook.
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Faith’s Checkbook
Daily Devotional Reading by Charles Spurgeon
For September 30
Needs to Open Our Mouths
Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. (Psalm 81:10)
What an encouragement to pray! Our natural human notion would lead us to ask small things because we deserve so little. But the Lord would have us request great blessings. Prayer should be as simple as opening your mouth; it should be a natural, unconstrained utterance. When a man is earnest he opens his mouth wide, and our scripture urges us to be fervent in our supplications.
Yet it also means that we may be bold with God and ask many and large blessings at His hands. Read the whole verse, and see the argument: “I am Jehovah, your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt: open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.” Because the Lord has given us so much He invites us to ask for more, yes, 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; yes, 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. †
For September 30th, Faith’s Check Book Daily Devotional Reading by Charles Spurgeon.
I’m Rick Tarrant. Let us hear your words of encouragement in the comment section.
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