the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may
be food in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the
floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room
enough for it. Malachi 3:10
This last promise in the Old
Testament tells us how abundant the blessing is to be. Pentecost was only the
beginning of what God was willing to do. The promise of the Father, as Christ
gave it, still waits for its perfect fulfillment. Let us try and realize what
the liberty is that we have to ask and expect great things.
Just as the great command to go
and preach the gospel was not only meant for the disciples but for us too, so
the very last command, "Tarry till ye be endued with power from on
high," "Wait for the promise of the Father," "Ye shall be
baptized with the Holy Ghost," is also for us, and is the ground for the
confident assurance that our prayer with one accord will be heard.
Take time to think of what a cry
of need there is throughout the whole Church, and throughout all our mission
fields. Let us realize that the only remedy to be found for inefficiency or
impotence, to enable us to gain the victory over the powers of this world or of
darkness, is in the manifested presence of our Lord in the midst of His hosts
and in the power of His Spirit.
Let us take time to think of the
state of all the churches throughout Christendom until we are brought deeper
than ever to the conviction that nothing will avail except the supernatural,
almighty intervention of our Lord Himself, to rouse His hosts for the great
battle against evil.
Can anyone conceive or suggest
any other matter for prayer that can at all compete with this: for the power of
God on the ministers of the gospel, and on all His people, to endue them with
power from on high to make the gospel in very deed the power of God unto
salvation?
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