[Songs in the Night - August 16]
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Psalm 122:6
THESE words are as true of the Jerusalem the
higher and her children of peace as of the earthly Jerusalem.
Those who are praying the Lord's blessing
upon his cause are seeking to serve it and are proportionately
blessed.
Those who are indifferent to
the welfare of Zion and the Lord's cause now are
standing in a slippery place and are in great danger of
falling....It keeps us humble as we remember our
needs, and it strengthens us as we remember the Lord's
sufficiency and his willingness to pour out his blessing
in answer to our prayers.
These prayers, and the
divine power to which they are attached are to our
hearts a bulwark against the many Satan-blinded foes
who beset us continually because of our loyalty to the
Lord and to his Word. Z'00-47 R2576:2 (Hymn 18)