141 days until the Lilburn, GA, USA Revival Conference

141 days until the Lilburn, GA, USA Revival Conference

In the word, the Father has revealed in general promises the great principles of His will with His people. The child has to take the promise and apply it to the special circumstances in His life to which it has reference. Whatever he asks within the limits of that revealed will he can know to be according to the will of God, and he may confidently expect an answer.

In His word, God has given us the revelation of His will, the most precious promises of grace and power, and the instructions through which He and His people will carry out His plans and do His work. As faith becomes strong and bold enough to claim the fulfillment of the general promise in the special case, we may have the assurance that our prayers are heard. They are according to God's will.

Take the words of John in the verse following our text as an illustration. "If any man see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask and God will give him life." Such is the general promise, and the believer who pleads on the ground of this promise prays according to the will of God. John would give him boldness to know that he has the petition which he asks.

But this apprehension of God's will is something spiritually discerned. It is not as a matter of logic that we can argue it out. God has said it; I must have it. Nor has every Christian the same gift or calling. While the general will revealed in the promise is the same for all, there is for each one a special different will according to God's purpose. And herein is the wisdom of the saints, to know this special will of God for each of us, according to the measure of grace given us, and so to ask in prayer just what God has prepared and made possible for each. It is to communicate this wisdom that the Holy Ghost dwells in us.

It is for the personal application of the general promises of the word to our special personal needs that the leading of the Holy Spirit is given us. -Andrew Murray

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