[Manna - January 30]
Jesus spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint. Luke 18:1
IN coming to God we need have no fear that He is
too busy with other matters of greater importance, or
that He is weary of our coming to Him repeatedly
with things of small importance.
It was to assure us
against this very thing that our Lord spoke the parable
of the importunate widow, who was heard and
answered on account of her importunity.
In so doing
we evince both the earnestness of our desires and our
faith that our prayers will be answered, if we faint
not from lack of faith or zeal when the answer is delayed,
as often it must necessarily be, since time is
an important element in all God's work. Z.'95-214 R1865:4