It is not natural to us to ask God for anything, because we are a part of a fallen race that is away from Him; so we often have to be taught that we have to do with God, and He sometimes allows us to be put in trying circumstances to make us cry to Him.
But there is one need above all that might well trouble us, and that is to get rid of the load of our sins. Has that ever troubled you, dear reader, so that you have bent your knee, and closed your eyes to all that is around, and cried to God about it? May you feel what a load that is, and the terrible thing it is to have to do with a holy God, and you will soon learn the way to have all your sins blotted out.
Jesus, the blessed Son of God, died in the place of the sinner, and bore the dreadful penalty for our sins. His life’s blood was poured out, proving that He had died, and the giving up of that spotless life was acceptable to God.
Have you taken that Saviour as yours? If so, the bowing of the knee before Him will not be such a burden, but the committing of all your ways to Him and giving Him thanks for all His love and mercies by the way, will be a pleasure to you.
ML 11/22/1931