To be near unto God - pagina 443

human way, to know, to perceive, to that we, too, come to our turn, and that for us also there comes a moment of hearing that is what he who prays means, when he gives jubilant thanks, that God has also inclined the ear to his prayer. Of course, this is not so with God. He does nothing in turn. He hears every one who prays immediately and all at the same time. But in our human consciousness there is always in our prayer, when it penetrates, a sense that God now turns also to us, and inclines his ear to our personal prayer. That he inclines to your prayer differently than to the prayer of others, because the Most High God knows your particular life, understands your personal nature, estimates your special need o^ soul and therefore has stored up for you an altogether particular hearing of your prayer. And this is the glory of prayer. You call upon God, and he knows you. He distinguishes you as one among thousands. However insignificant in a very feel,

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you may be, with whatever burden of sin you come to him, he does not pass you by. He despises not your supplication. He turns himyou, and inclines his listening ear. And when you perceive this inclination of God, prayer becomes a seal to you of your election. With close by you, but that eternally you belong to him. kings and princes on earth, the mighty and the great alone are admitted. To him, the King of Kings, even the most forgotten and despised have access. When you pray, and God inclines his ear to your prayer, you are close to God, and your Father who is in heaven, seals the fact to you, that not only now you have his presence self to

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