A Call to United Extraordinary Prayer - Edwards - VI - Part III concluded

Required reading

A Call to United Extraordinary Prayer in Vol 2 of the Works by Jonathan Edwards (Available from Amazon or free here) - Read Sections V and VI of Part III.

My summary

Today we finish this work from Edwards.

Firstly he answers the charge that what is proposed in the memorial is a new thing.

Then Edwards gives some concluding considerations, including exhorting his readers to go speedily to pray before the Lord.

What grabbed me

This was certainly a thought provoking work. 

I particularly liked Edwards' concluding encouragements for those who may be discouraged by a lack of results: 'But, at the same time, I hope God’s people, who unite in this agreement, will see some tokens for good before these seven years are out, that shall give them to see, God has not said to the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain; and shall serve greatly to animate and encourage them to go on in united prayers for the advancement of Christ’s kingdom, with increasing fervency. But whatever our hopes may be in this respect, we must be content to be ignorant of the times and seasons, which the Father hath put in his power; and must be willing that God should answer prayer, and fulfil his own glorious promises, in his own time; remembering such instructions, counsels, and promises, of the word of God as these, Psal. xxvii. 14. “Wait on the Lord, be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart; wait, I say, on the Lord.” Hab. ii. 3, 4. “For the vision is yet for an appointed time; but in the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.” Micah vii. 7. “I will look unto the Lord, I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.” Isa. xxv. 8, 9. “God will wipe away tears from off all faces, and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth; for the Lord hath spoken it. And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God! we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is JEHOVAH! we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.” Amen.'

We wait upon him and his timing.

Next week's reading

Commence 'Miscellaneous Observations on Important Theological Subjects' in Vol 2 of the Works by Jonathan Edwards (Available from Amazon or free here) by reading the Preface and Chapter I of Part I.

Now it's your turn

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