Prayerd

Inspiration Read-Luke 11:1-13

I Talked With God! When you pray, say:”Our Father….” Luke 11:2

A comment by Robert A. Cook, president of the King’s College in New York, renewed my appreciation for the privilege of prayer.

Speaking at the Moody Bible Institute Cook said that the day before, he had been at a gathering in Washington and had talked with Vice-President George Bush. Two hours later he spoke briefly with President Ronald Reagan. Then smiling broadly, Cook told us, “But that’s nothing! Today I talked with God!”

Prayer takes on new power and fervency when we become conscious of how great and glorious God is. Think of how the saints of ages past responded when they caught a glimpse of the Almighty. They were awestruck! Job, who had complained bitterly about his misfortune and had made some self- righteous statements, finally met the Lord and cried out, “I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, but now my eyes see You. Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes”(Job 42:5 and 6). Isaiah saw a vision of God and exclaimed, “Woe is me, for I am undone!” (Isa.6:5). Ezekiel observed the glory of the Lord and declared, “So when I saw it, I fell on my face”(Ezek.1:28). The apostle John, after seeing a vision of the glorified Son of God said, “I fell at His feet as dead”(Rev.1:17).

With all of these men, the vision of God’s greatness and glory brought about an overwhelming sense of weakness and depravity. Yet God invites us to talk to Him and He actually wants us to address Him as “Our Father.” What a privilege! What a responsibility! -H.V.L.

God made this earth, The mountains, plains and sea; And yet, as great as this earth is, He still has time for you and me.

Summers

THE HIGHEST PRIVILEGE OF MAN IS TO TALK TO GOD.