[Songs in the Night - September 19]
Brethren, pray for us. I Thessalonians 5:25
IT IS not for us to exert force in opposition, not to
shout loudly about our rights.
We are to remember
that in becoming soldiers of the cross we voluntarily
gave up all earthly rights in order that we might be
participators with the Captain of our Salvation, who
permitted all of his rights to be taken from him, even
unto death.
As the followers of Jesus are made a
spectacle to the world and to angels, they are also permitted
to strengthen and build up one another in the
most holy faith by their love and zeal for the Lord
and his message.
We may well remember our privilege
of praying one for another under such circumstances.
We may not pray for the Lord to hinder others
or ourselves from having trials or tests along these
lines, for it is for the divine wisdom to determine what
these shall be, but it is our privilege to pray for one
another and for ourselves—to pray for that grace to
help in every time of need which the Lord has promised
he will grant. Z'16-221 R5928:5 (Hymn 115)