The Grace of Supplication

But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all Thy works. -Psalm 73:28

It is worthy of thanksgiving that God should have commanded prayer and encouraged us to draw near unto Him; and that moreover He should have supplied all things necessary to the sacred exercise. He has set up a mercy seat, blood besprinkled; and He has prepared a High Priest, ever living to make intercession; and to these He has added the Holy Ghost to help our infirmities and to teach us what we should pray for as we ought. Everything is ready, and God waits for us to enquire at His hands. He has not only set before us an open door and invited us to enter, but He has given us the right spirit with which to approach. The grace of supplication is poured out upon us and wrought in us by the Holy Ghost. What a blessing it is that we do not attempt prayer with a peradventure, as if we were making a doubtful experiment, nor do we come before God as a forlorn hope, desperately afraid that He will not listen to our cry; but He has ordained prayer to be the ordinary commerce of heaven and earth, and sanctioned it in the most solemn manner. Prayer may climb to heaven, for God has Himself prepared the ladder and set it down just by the head of His lonely Jacob, so that though that head be pillowed on a stone it may rest in peace. Lo, at the top of that ladder is the Lord Himself in His covenant capacity, receiving our petitions and sending His attendant angels with answers to our requests. Shall we not bless God for this?~ C.H. Spurgeon

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