water not only for his crops, but also for those of some of his neighbors. Who would have thought to pray for a German bomber to fall in your backyard? When we come to God, so often we ask for things which we feel are good for us. Yet we should keep in mind that God can see from a viewpoint far beyond our own limited horizons. The purpose of prayer is that the Father may be glorified in the Son. In James 4:3 we read the words, “Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss.” There is a wrong purpose and a selfish motive so often in our peti tions. Christ has told us that “If we ask anything, according to His will, He heareth us.” Consider again these four essen tials : believe God for salvation; sec ond, come to Him with a clean heart; ask in confidence, trusting the Lord in faith implicitly, and make your petitions according to His will. Years ago in Scotland the people were quite superstitious. They fol lowed a practice of uttering what are known as ejaculatory prayers. They believed that the devil so sur rounded them that their only hope of getting a prayer to heaven was to say it so quickly that he wouldn’t have time to stop them; he’d be caught off-guard. They might be walking along and all of the sudden look heavenward to declare, “Lord, bless me!” Or working in their homes or out in their fields, sudden ly one might be heard to exclaim, “Lord, help me!” It appears that some Christians are superstitious like our Scottish friends, at least as to the length and intensity of the prayer. What, is your prayer life like? I ask my own heart this same question. “And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He heareth us. And if we know that He hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him” (I John 5:14, 15).
THE POTTER AND THE CLAY
Here in Thy hands I lay My worthless, broken clay; Remold to Thy design, And in Thy way. Alas, such clay as mine Can even Thy fires refine, Thy furnace re-create And render Thine? Yet place upon Thy wheel My yielded clay, and steel My will to bear Thy stroke, Receive Thy seal. Then breathe therein and fill My vessel frail, until Only Thy life appears, Thy mind, Thy will. 0 Loveliness inwrought, 0 Wonder past all thought, That Thou should’st glorify A thing of naught. Shapely and set in glory, Fashion'd by Love untold, Nothing shall henceforth mar This heavenly mold!
Operating 24 hours a day is the switchboard and information deskon the Biola Colege Campus. Stu dents as well as several full time personnel are employedin this important part of the organization. Pictured is Jessica Shaverof La Mirada.
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