Genesis 32:9-12. And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the Lord which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee: I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two bands. Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children. And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the seas which cannot be numbered for multitude.
A prayer most humble, most direct in its petitions, and also full of faith. That was a grand argument for him to use: "Thou saidst, I will surely do thee good." This is one of the mightiest pleas that we can urge in praying to God: "Do as thou hast said. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope." O brethren, if you can remind God of his own promise, you must win the day, for promised mercies are sure mercies.
"As well might he his being quit,
As break his promise, or forget."
"Hath he said, and shall he not do it? "Only for this will he be enquired of by the house of Israel to do it for them, and we must take care that we call his promise to mind, and plead it at the mercy-seat.
Genesis 32:9-12. And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the Lord which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee: I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two bands. Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children. And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the seas which cannot be numbered for multitude.
A prayer most humble, most direct in its petitions, and also full of faith. That was a grand argument for him to use: "Thou saidst, I will surely do thee good." This is one of the mightiest pleas that we can urge in praying to God: "Do as thou hast said. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope." O brethren, if you can remind God of his own promise, you must win the day, for promised mercies are sure mercies.
"As well might he his being quit,
As break his promise, or forget."
"Hath he said, and shall he not do it? "Only for this will he be enquired of by the house of Israel to do it for them, and we must take care that we call his promise to mind, and plead it at the mercy-seat.