SUNDAY COLLECTIBLES 1.0
BLIND REQUEST
Richard B. Ajamah
I asked of God that He should give success to the high task I sought for Him to do;
I asked that every hindrance might grow less
And that my hours of weakness might be few;
I asked that far and lofty heights be scaled---
And now I humbly thank Him that I failed.
For with the pain and sorrow came to me
A dower of tenderness in act and thought;
And with the failure came a sympathy,
An insight which success had never brought.
Father, I had been foolish and unblest
If thou hadst granted me my blind request.
A restless will may lead us to pray to our own hurt. If there is not a timely recognition of this, accompanied by self-judgment and submission to the Word of God, we may find our prayers answered only to our deepest distress and sorrow afterwards.
AND HE GAVE THEM THEIR REQUEST; BUT SENT LEANNESS INTO THEIR SOUL .
(PSALM 106:15).
May we never persist in demanding of God what He is loathe to give, because in His infinite wisdom He has something far better for us than we in our folly realize.
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