Homilist Psalm 65:2 O you that hear prayer, to you shall all flesh come. I. THE ANSWERABLENESS OF PRAYER. Hearing, here, means answering. He hears millions of prayers He never answers. The grand reason is, that the prayers are selfish. 1. The mind in this state looks upon God's universe in new aspects. 2. Turns all events to new accounts. II. THE INEVITABLENESS OF PRAYER. "Unto Thee shall all flesh come." "Flesh" here means mankind. As all waters must find their way into the ocean, so all souls must find their way to God, sooner or later. Two things necessitate this. 1. Internal instincts. In all sentient existences there would seem at times to be something like an instinct of prayer. 2. External circumstances necessitate prayer. Men suppress the instinct, and sometimes make it well-nigh numb as death. But in the presence of a great danger, a great sorrow, a great grief, it bounds into earnest life. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come. |
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