Psalms 116:2. Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
"Because." He harps on that string. It is so sweet a note that he touches it again: "Because he hath inclined his ear unto me": stooped out of heaven. He has laid his ear down to my lips. He has caught my wandering utterances. He hath inclined his ear. My sin had pushed his ear away, but he has brought his head back again, and inclined his ear unto me. "Therefore." You see this was given as a reason, but the Psalmist is so full that what was a reason for love now becomes a reason for something else. The flowers in the garden of believers bloom double. Here is a second flower on this stalk. I love him because he hath inclined his ear unto me.
"Therefore will I call upon him as long as I live." I speed so well in prayer that I will keep on in that blessed business. God heard me once. He shall hear me again.
"Long as we live should Christians pray,
For only while we pray we live."
And as long as we live we shall find out the best way of living - to live from hand to mouth - from God’s hand to our mouth - by continual prayer. Now the Psalmist tells about this wonderful instance in which God heard his cry.
Psalms 116:2. Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
"Because." He harps on that string. It is so sweet a note that he touches it again: "Because he hath inclined his ear unto me": stooped out of heaven. He has laid his ear down to my lips. He has caught my wandering utterances. He hath inclined his ear. My sin had pushed his ear away, but he has brought his head back again, and inclined his ear unto me. "Therefore." You see this was given as a reason, but the Psalmist is so full that what was a reason for love now becomes a reason for something else. The flowers in the garden of believers bloom double. Here is a second flower on this stalk. I love him because he hath inclined his ear unto me.
"Therefore will I call upon him as long as I live." I speed so well in prayer that I will keep on in that blessed business. God heard me once. He shall hear me again.
"Long as we live should Christians pray,
For only while we pray we live."
And as long as we live we shall find out the best way of living - to live from hand to mouth - from God’s hand to our mouth - by continual prayer. Now the Psalmist tells about this wonderful instance in which God heard his cry.