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OPEN YOUR MOUTH WIDE
I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open
wide your mouth, and I will fill it. Psalm 81:10
What an encouragement to pray! Our human nature leads us to ask for
small things because we feel unworthy. But the Lord wants us to ask for
great blessings.
Prayer
should be as natural and simple as opening our mouths—it should be an
unforced, sincere expression of our need. When a person is truly earnest,
they open their mouth wide, and this verse encourages us to pray with great
fervor.
It also suggests that we can boldly ask
God for
many and large blessings. Look at the whole verse: “I am the Lord your God,
who brought you out of Egypt.” Because the Lord has already given us so much,
He invites us to ask for even more and to expect even greater things.
Think of little birds in a nest when their mother comes to feed
them—they are all open mouths! Let it be the same with us. Let’s receive
God’s grace in every possible way. Let’s soak it up like a sponge absorbs
water.
God is ready to fill us if we are ready to receive. Let our needs drive us to
open our mouths; let our weariness cause us to pant for Him; let our fear
make us cry out like a child. The mouth that is opened wide will be filled by
the Lord Himself. So let it be for us today, O Lord!
By Charles H. Spurgeon
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