6. In my distress I called upon the Lord,and cried unto my God. Prayer is that postern
gate which is left open even when the city is straitly besieged by the enemy.
Observe that he calls and then cries; prayer grows in vehemence
as it proceeds. Note also that he first invokes his God under the name of
Jehovah, and then advances to a more familiar name, my God; thus faith
increases by exercise, and he whom we at first viewed as Lord is soon seen to
be our God in covenant. It is never an ill time to pray; no distress should
prevent us from using the divine remedy of supplication. He heard my voiceout of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears. Far up
within the bejeweled walls, and through the gates of pearl, the cry of the
suffering suppliant was heard. Music of angels and harmony of seraphs availed not
to drown or even to impair the voice of that humble call. The king heard it in
his palace of light insufferable, and lent a willing ear to the cry of his own
beloved child. Oh honored prayer, to be able thus through Jesus’ blood to
penetrate the very ears and heart of Deity. The voice and the cry are
themselves heard directly by the Lord, and not made to pass through the medium
of saints and intercessors: my cry came before him; the
operation of prayer with God is immediate and personal. We may cry with confident
and familiar importunity, while our Father himself listens.
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