MEDITATION MOMENTS

What are they in there for? If they don't change the situation, why would God say He would do so and so if you'll pray, and He'll give you so and so if you'll pray, and He'll change such a situation if you'll pray?

There are promises that the Lord will keep you, and will lead you, save you, heal you, guide you, deliver you in time of trouble and supply all your needs according to His riches in glory.

And all this is at your disposal if you'll use the means God has given you to obtain these things. And that means to call on Him and just ask Him -- and that's prayer, because that's just what prayer is, is asking God for whatever your need is. It says He will supply your every need according to His riches in glory.

You know, many modern scientifically-minded people think it's utterly ridiculous to take the promises of God's Word literally, seriously. You know, isn't it strange that in an age of mysterious powerful invisible forces such as we have today as radar and television, atomic energy and jet propulsion, that we would doubt the power of a mighty God and His supernatural working in answer to prayer. It seems if ever we should believe it's today!

Well, so it is that in spite of all this philosophical reasoning, there are those of trusting and childlike faith who are daily doing things and getting things from God through His power, well, such as the doubting intellectuals say can't be done. And these people are daring to appropriate these promises, taking them just as they are in the Word of God and acting upon them, and getting the most wonderful answer to prayer. Problems solved, and their needs met, well, I say, just let the philosophers tangle themselves up in the web of difficulty and doubt, trying to explain away our rights to accept these promises just as they are, but we're going to walk right in and enjoy to the full all the riches God has promised us.

You don't have to comprehend the greatness of the promises or understand how they work. All God asks is simple childlike faith and to reach out and apply them. And you can do that in the midst of the hottest battle, in the midst of trials in the barracks, any place, with someone that's not pleasant to have to be with, and someone that makes it miserable for you there in the field. Oh, what a marvelous privilege we have as Christians.

Well, of course, because we're lifted up through the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God with everything that's powerful and Holy and true -- and with such a tie as that I wonder why we hesitate to trust God. With so much talk of space today, let's not forget with all the