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Posted by Psalms on Wednesday, 20 January 2016
Psalms 145:18
The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
145:18. The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him. Not only near by his omnipresence, but near to sympathize and favor. He does not leave praying people, and people who confess his name, to battle with the world alone, but he is ever at their side. This favor is not for a few of those who invoke him; but for each one of the pious company. All who place themselves beneath the shield of his glorious name by calling themselves by it, and calling upon it in supplication, will find him a very present help in trouble.
To all that call upon him in truth. There are many whose formal prayers and false professions will never bring them into communion with the Lord. To pray in truth, we must have a true heart, and the truth in our heart; and then we must be humble, for pride is a falsehood; and be earnest, or else prayer is a lie. A God of truth cannot be nigh to the spirit of hypocrisy; neither can he be far from a sincere spirit, since it is his work, and he forsakes not the work of his own hands.
Excerpt from:
The Treasury of David by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
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