Think of how God is hindered and disappointed when His children do not pray, or pray but little. The low, feeble life of the Church and the lack of the power of the Holy Spirit for conversion and holiness, is all owing to the lack of prayer. How different would be the state of the Church and of heathendom, if God’s people were to take no rest in calling upon Him!
And yet God has blessed, just up to the measure of the faith and the zeal of His people. It is not for them to be content with this as a sign of His approval. Rather, it is that we say, if He has thus blessed our feeble efforts and prayers, what will He not do if we yield ourselves wholly to a life of intercession? What a call of penitence and confession that our lack of consecration has kept back God’s blessing from the world!
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