Open wide your mouth and I will fill it. ~Psalm 81:10
I feel that the text [“open wide your mouth and I will fill
it”] must mean seek for greater blessings than any that you have yet received….
It is a singular fact that the certainty of obtaining is in proportion to the
largeness of what you ask. Some men go to God and ask only for temporal favors
and, possibly, they do not obtain them. He who would be content with this world
will probably never get it -- but he who craves spiritual good may ask with the
absolute certainty of receiving it! Christ’s promise is, “Ask, and it shall be
given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.”
If you ask only for temporal mercies and can be satisfied with them, you may
get what you ask. There are gushing springs from which you might drink if you
would, but the muddy waters of Sihor are evidently good enough for you.
But if you ask the Lord for spiritual blessings, He is sure
to give them to you. It is more natural for God to give great things than
little things -- they are more in His line -- more in His way…. One of the ways
of God is to do great things for His people. Some of them sang, “The Lord has
done great things for us; whereof we are glad.” So you are more sure of getting
blessings from God if you ask Him for great things -- therefore be sure to ask
for very great things …. ask for as big things as ever your soul can desire and
as big things as the promises of God cover! ….
Ask great things for yourselves, Brothers. Ask to know all
the Truth of God. Ask to know the fullness of God. Ask to know the riches of
His Grace. Ask to know “the love of Christ, which passes knowledge.” And when
you have asked for all that, ask for holiness -- and do not ask for anything
less than perfect holiness. Continue to open your mouth wide that every Grace
may be given to you, adding “to your faith, virtue, and to virtue, knowledge,
and to knowledge, temperance, and to temperance, patience, and to patience,
godliness, and to godliness, brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness,
love.” And do not rest satisfied until you have all these Christian virtues!
You may also ask for joy and oh, what an ocean of bliss is before you in the
joy of the Lord! In “the peace of God, which passes all understanding,” what a
wondrous depth of joy there is laid up in store for you! Our Lord Jesus said to
His disciples, “These things have I spoken unto you, that My joy might remain
in you, and that your joy might be full.” It may be the same with you -- therefore
ask for great things! Do not be satisfied with being little Christians -- seek
to come to the full stature of men in Christ Jesus! I will be thankful to get
just inside the gate of Heaven, but if I can sing more sweetly and if I can
have more fellowship with Christ nearer His Throne, why should I not get there?
God grant that we may all have that high privilege!
Dear Lord, Giver of All Good Gifts, I confidently ask You for all the many great things You long to give me and I joyfully thank You for every single one of them. Amen.
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