99f It will preserve us from innumerable evils!
"I give myself unto prayer." Psalms 109:4
We should be given to prayer as to our business, our daily occupation.
God loves to hear us pray. The prayer of the upright is His delight. May we be impressed with this idea whenever we go upon our knees:
God loves to see me approach Him.
He delights to hear me plead with Him.
He looks upon me with a Father’s eye.
He listens to me with a Father’s ear.
He rejoices over me with a Father’s heart.
He is grieved when I neglect His throne of grace, and cannot approve of my hurrying over my devotions, as I sometimes do. He says, "Come! Come boldly!"
If we disregard His Word or slight His invitation, He will send some trial, raise some storm, or let loose some enemy—to drive us to His throne. If we could hear the voice of our troubles distinctly, or understand its language, we would hear it shout, "To your knees, to your knees! Arise and call upon your God!"