A LITTLE girl who was deaf and dumb was once asked by a lady if she knew what prayer was. The lady wrote the question on a slate.
Now, if we were asked such a question we might all give different yet true answers; we might say it was asking God for something, or telling Him our troubles.
But this deaf and dumb girl gave a beautiful answer; she said, “Prayer is the wish of the heart.”
This is quite true, for fine words or beautiful repetitions said to God do not make real prayer, it must be the desire of the heart.
What a wonderful privilege we have of going to God, in the name of the Lord Jesus, and telling Him all that is on our hearts, knowing that He hears us, and will give us all that He sees is best for us to have.
“This is the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He heareth us: and if we know that He hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him.” (Jno. 5:14, 1514Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee. 15The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole. (John 5:14‑15).)
ML 11/12/1916