"If I may covet earnestly one thing above
every other, it is that I may be able to ask what I will of the Lord and
have it. The prevailer in prayer is the man to preach successfully, for
he may well prevail with man for God when he has already prevailed with God for
men. This is the man to face the difficulties of business life, for what can
baffle him when he can take everything to God in prayer? One such believer as this in a church is worth ten thousand of us common people. These are the men in whom is
fulfilled God’s purpose concerning man, whom He made to have dominion over all
the works of His hands.
"The stamp of sovereignty is on the brows of these men, who shape the history of nations and guide the current of events through their power
on high. We see Jesus with all things put under Him by the divine purpose, and
as we rise into that image, we also are clothed with dominion and are made
kings and priests unto God. Behold Elijah, with the keys of the rain swinging
at his side. He shuts or opens the windows of heaven! There are such men
still alive. Aspire to be such men and women that to you the
text may be fulfilled: 'Ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be
done unto you.'"
-- Charles Spurgeon, The Power of Prayer in a Believer's Life, ed. Robert Hall (Lynnwood, WA: Emerald Books, 1993), 35, 36.
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