The Rewards of Approaching the Throne
Jul 27th, 2007 by pfadmin
“We do not come in prayer … to God’s poorhouse where He dispenses His favors to the poor, nor do we come to the back door of the house of mercy to receive the leftover scraps, though that would be more than we deserve …. But when we pray, we are standing in the palace on the glittering floor of the Great King’s own reception room, and thus we are placed upon a vantage ground. In prayer we stand where angels bow with veiled faces. There, even there, the cherubim and seraphim adore before that selfsame throne to which our prayers ascend. And should we come there with stunted requests and narrow and contracted faith? No, it does not become a King to be giving away pennies and nickels; He distributes pieces of gold.”
– Charles Spurgeon, On Prayer and Spiritual Warfare, p. 74