"Open My Eyes, That I May Behold Wondrous Things Out Of YOUR Law!"

Let me tell you a little secret!
(Charles Spurgeon)

"Open my eyes, that I may behold 

wondrous things out of YOUR law!" 

Psalm 119:18

Let me tell you a little secret: 

whenever you cannot understand a text, 

open your Bible, bend your knee, and 

pray over that text; and if it does not 

split into atoms and open itself, 

then try again. If prayer does not 

explain it, then it is one of those 

things that GOD did not intend you 

to know, and you may be content 

to be ignorant of it.

Prayer is the key that opens the cabinets 

of mystery. Prayer and faith are sacred 

picklocks that can open secrets, and 

obtain great treasures! 

There is no college for holy education 

like that of the blessed SPIRIT, for HE is 

an ever-present tutor, to whom we have 

only to bend the knee, and HE is at our side--

the great expositor of truth!

You will frequently find fresh streams 

of thought leaping up from the passage 

before you, as if the rock had been 

struck by Moses' rod! 

New veins of precious ore will be revealed 

to your astonished gaze as you quarry 

GOD'S Word and use diligently 

the hammer of prayer! 

"But when HE, the SPIRIT of Truth, 

comes, HE will guide you into all truth!" 

John 16:13

"Every text prayed over opens a mine 

of 'unsearchable riches,' with a light 

from above, more clear and full than 

the most intelligent exposition." 

(Charles Bridges)

"A humble and prayerful spirit will find 

a thousand things in the Bible--

which the proud, self-conceited 
student will utterly fail to discern." 
(J.C. Ryle)

"There should be a definite asking HIM 
to graciously anoint our eyes--
not only that we may be enabled to behold 
wondrous things in HIS law, but also that HE will 
make us of quick discernment to perceive how 
the passage before us applies to ourselves--
what are the particular lessons we need 
to learn from it. The more we cultivate this 
habit, the more likely that GOD will be 
pleased to open HIS Word unto us." 
(Arthur Pink)

   
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GraceGems has published J.R. Miller's very insightful short article, 
"Getting Help From Criticism".