MONTHLY PRAYER MESSAGE
ENERGli from GOD If
by Rev. Thomas E. Steele
He who lu s charge of planets is mind fu l sti'.l of me; Though I cm weak and sinful, He heeds my fa ntest plea From scenes of radiant splendor He notes one crimson drop, Of my hearts lonely bleeding, the choiring angels stop, And gaze, all lost in wonder, as He, the undefiled, Stoops low in love to succour His sinful, suffering child . . . T h u s M a r t h a Snell Nicholson, the late beloved poetess, describes her experiences with God in Prayer. It is time again to consider this won derful and yet unfathomable subject of PRAYER. I never cease to wonder that the Mighty God who flung the universe into existence can be sensitive to the weakest cry of an errant child. And yet, God’s Word plainly teaches that He does hear our faintest cry, that He senses our smallest need, bears with our most intimate burdens, and shares our tears. I submit to you t h a t , while prayer is one of the greatest mys teries in the Word of God; one of the most profound doctrines; yet, it is simple enough for a tiny child to grasp and experience. A little girl recently received a new rain coat. Being eager to wear it, she listened intently to the daily weather reports given over the radio. When it was reported that there was a possibil ity of rain, she would carefully lay out the new rain coat so that she could put it on at the first drop of moisture from
the sky. After several days of disap pointment, she became quite discour aged. But remembering what her Sun day School teacher had recently taught them concerning prayer, she went to her room and prayed that the Lord would allow it to rain so that she might wear her new raincoat. The next morn ing when the hour arrived for her to go to school, she quietly put on her rain coat, gathered her books and lunch, and started for the door. The mother, inter ested in the developments which had transpired, asked her why she was wear ing her raincoat when it wasn’t raining outside. “I know, Mother,” said the little girl, “but the Lord’s going to make it rain.” “Why, Dear,” replied the mother, “how do you know that the Lord is go ing to make it rain?” “Because I asked Him to and my Sunday School teacher told me that whatever we ask in His name, He will do it for us.” To the mother’s relief and surprise, when the little girl opened the door and moved out into the yard, a light rain began to beat gently down. Calling back to her mother, the little girl cried, “Look, Mother, Jesus answered my prayer. Why, it’s raining just for me!” She went singing off to school com pletely delighted in the conviction that God, in response to her prayer, had brought the rain. Someone has likened prayer to the switch at a mighty power plant releas ing at a touch, all of the reservoir of (Continued on next page) i7
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