DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
Now this day, we pray, “Consider our shield, God; look on the face of your anointed one” (Psalm 84:9) and while we shelter behind him as a shield, let him stand for us, and let the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ be seen, that you may be precious to us unworthy ones.
But, O Lord, we worship with all our heart, and adore the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; and Oh, most blessed Lamb of God, with all the saints before the throne, we pay you reverence—casting all that we have before you. Crowns we have none, not even of silver and gold, but such as you have graciously given, we would willingly lay at your feet, content to feel that everything is ours when it is yours, and the more ours, when we have yielded it up to you.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“Consider our shield, God; look on the face of your anointed one.” (Psalm 84:9)
Here we have the nation’s prayer for David; and the believer’s prayer for the Son of David. Let but the Lord look upon our Lord Jesus, and we shall be shielded from all harm; let him behold the face of his Anointed, and we shall be able to behold his face with joy. We also are anointed by the Lord’s grace, and our desire is that he will look upon us with an eye of love in Christ Jesus. Our best prayers when we are in the best place are for our glorious King, and for the enjoyment of his Father’s smile.
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