[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4},["ShallowReactive",2],{"reading-0616":3},"JUNE 16\r\nMy expectation is from him (Psalm 62:5) .\r\nOur too general neglect of looking for answers to what we ask,\r\nshows how little we are in earnest in our petitions. A husbandman\r\nis not content without the harvest; a marksman will observe whether the ball hits the target; a physician watches the effect of the\r\nmedicine which he gives; and shall the Christian be careless about the effect of his labor?\r\nEvery prayer of the Christian, made in faith, according to the will\r\nof God, for which God has promised, offered up in the name of Jesus Christ, and under the influence of the Spirit, whether for temporal\r\nor for spiritual blessings, is, or will be fully answered.\r\nGod always answers the general design and intention of His people's\r\n\r\nprayers, in doing that which, all things considered, is most for\r\nHis own glory and their spiritual and eternal welfare. As we never\r\nfind that Jesus Christ rejected a single supplicant who came to Him for mercy, so we believe that no prayer made in His name will be in vain.\r\nThe answer to prayer may be approaching, though we discern not its coming. The seed that lies under ground in winter is taking root in\r\norder to a spring and harvest, though it appears not above ground, but seems dead and lost. --Bickersteth.\r\nDelayed answers to prayer are not only trials of faith, but they\r\ngive us opportunities of honoring God by our steadfast confidence in Him under apparent repulses.\r\n--C. H. Spurgeon.",1783499793122]