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The Spiritual Index
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B y O s w a l d C h a m b e r s Q r what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone ? Matthew 7:9. The illustration o f prayer that our Lord uses here is that o f a good child asking for a good thing. We talk about prayer as if God heard us irrespective o f the fact o f our relationship to Him (cf. Matt. 5:45). Never say it is not God’s will to give you what you ask. Don ’t sit down and faint but find out the reason, turn up the index. Are you rightly related to your wife, to your hus band, to your children, to your fellow-students — are you a "good child” there? "O' Lord, I have been irritable and cross but I do want spiritual blessing.” You cannot have it. You will have to do without until you come into the attitude o f a good child. We mistake defiance for devotion; arguing with God for abandonment. We will not look at the index. Have I been asking God to give me money for something I want when there is something I have not paid for? Have I been asking God for liberty while I am withholding it from someone who belongs to me? I have not forgiven someone his trespasses; I have not been kind to him; I have not been living as God’s child among my relatives and friends (v. 12) . I am a child o f God only by regeneration, and as a child o f God I am good only as I walk in the light. Prayer with most o f us is turned into pious platitude; it is a matter o f emotion, mystical communion with God. Spir itually we are all good at producing fogs. If we turn up the index, we will see very clearly what is wrong — that friendship, that debt, that temper o f mind. It is no use praying unless we are living as children o f God. Then, Jesus says — "Everyone that asketh receiveth.” (Included in "My Utmost for His Highest,” published by Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, N .Y .) %y U G <» <> <► <► <►<► U <► fi <> <►<► <► <► <► <> <><► fi fi U <► <► fi <►<► <►<> <><> U <► <► *> U <> <► <> <► <► <► <> fi fi fi fi n <> <► <► fi fi A I R C O N D I T I O N I N G F O R C H U R C H • S C H O O L • H O M E • O F F I C E Now you can be cool and comfortable on those hot summer days with refrigerated air conditioning. CONVENIENT- Exclusive f iv e y e a r financing available, with no money down and payments as low as $22.00 per month. Cond-Air-Thermotrol gives you a complete selection of equip ment to fit your requirements. ECONOMICAL- Our ice bank system will give peak load requirements at up to 40% saving on initial cost. COMPLETE - Pack units are complete and ready to install.
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