My thoughts for the past 5 days, though they are more like questions rather than conclusions...
Day 1: What does Spurgeon mean by " ..I have frequently noticed that, when we earnestly desire to do something special for the Lord, he generally does something very much for us of the same kind."?
And why do you think that God doesn't always grant the desires that he gives us..such as not allowing David to build a house for the Lord (which seems like was from the Lord)....even though David desired it ever so much and saved and planned for it? Do you think the Lord ever withholds a fullfillment of a prayer/desire EVEN if he gives you the correct amount of giftings and talents for it?
Day 2: How do we approach to come before the mercy seat..if indeed we want our hearts aligned with God's will?
Day 3: How can the best place be to find prayer be in your heart if our hearts are "deceitfully wicked"?
Day 4: Can a man be renewed by divine grace and still be praying from the mind/lips?
How is it that we must first come to the mercy seat, then our hearts renewed by faith? Shouldn't our hearts be renewed by grace FIRST then we are then able to come to the mercy seat?
Day 5: What does a serious heart (yet be full of holy cheerfulness and joy) look like?
Friday, July 25, 2008
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Wow! These are great questions! I wondered the same thing about Day 1. How do you determine that? All of my motives are so shot through with sin, anyways, that it would be hard to tell if I am earnestly desiring to do something special for the Lord...and what does that "something special" even look like? I think God gives us some desires that He means to use in our lives to draw us into a state of greater dependency on Him. Perhaps this is what Spurgeon meant by the Lord doing something for us? A greater dependency on Him?
That’s all I can think about now. I’ve gotta get some sleep. :o)
I think Spurgeon started with talking about praying from the heart because he wants to emphasize the importance of it, but also to build the the point that it has been renewed. I thought the same thing, that my heart is deceitfully wicked, why go there? Only because it has been RENEWED by grace! Since it has been renewed we can have joy! We can now approach the mercy seat, because of this saving grace.
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