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"Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it"
Psalm 81:10
What an encouragement to pray! Our human notions would lead us to ask small
things because our deservings are so small; but the LORD would have us
request great blessings. Prayer should be as simple a matter as the opening
of the mouth; it should be a natural, unconstrained utterance. When a man is
earnest he opens his mouth wide, and our text urges us to be fervent in our
supplications.
Yet it also means that we may make bold with God and ask many and large
blessings at His hands. Read the whole verse, and see the argument: "I
am Jehovah, thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy
mouth wide, and I will fill it." Because the LORD has given us so
much He invites us to ask for more, yea, to expect more.
See how the little birds in their nests seem to be all mouth when the mother
comes to feed them. Let it be the same with us. Let us take in grace at
every door. Let us drink it in as a sponge sucks up the water in which it
lies. God is ready to fill us if we are only ready to be filled. Let our
needs make us open our mouths; let our faintness cause us to open our mouths
and pant; yea, let our alarm make us open our mouths with a child's cry. The
opened mouth shall be filled by the LORD Himself. So be it unto us, O LORD,
this day.
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