It's Just Not For The Birds

by an Old Disciple

“But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee.”~ Job 12:7

It seems to me, the scriptures teach, whenever God wants to encourage His people to pray, He reminds them of His greatness and the miraculous things He did for them in the past. A good example of this is found in Psalm 81:10, “I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide and I will fill it.”

I heard an old preacher friend years ago illustrate our text. He said when there is a nest of hungry little birds, invariably they will look up to their parent and open their mouths wide. He went on to say, as long as they keep their mouths open, they will continue to be fed.

I don’t know about you, but I have been convicted lately of not asking and expecting great things from my Father. I think I need to “open my mouth wide,” and keep it that way for a while. How about you? James tells us, “Ye have not because ye ask not.”

If you’re like me, you can get a little timid when asking the Lord for the big things of life. But, at such times, it is well to heed the words of Dr. Charles Blanchard, second president of Wheaton College. He reminds us that God was never critical of anyone who asks too much from Him!

I don’t mind people saying of me, “He has a big mouth.” If they’re referring to prayer in my life.

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