The Ravens Cry

Charles Spurgeon puts it this way. “True prayer is the trading of the heart with God, and the heart never comes into spiritual commerce with the ports of heaven until God the Holy Ghost puts wind into the sails and speeds the ship into its haven.”

If there is genuine prayer in your heart then God the Holy Spirit is there.

The final truth I want to point out this morning is that when the young raven cries it cries alone but when we pray to God we do not pray alone. For we have one who makes intercession for us. Rom. 8:34 tells us; “It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.”

We do not pray alone for we a risen Saviour who sits on the right hand of the Father praying for us, interceding on our behalf.

Heb. 7:24-25 also tells us concerning Christ; “But He, because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood. Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.”

Christ lives to make intercession for the saints, those He is able to save to the utmost. When you pray you are not alone in your prayers. When you cry out to God there is One who is crying out with you.

While the raven may knows what sound to make whenever He is hungry there are times when we know not what to pray for. I stated earlier that most of the time we do know what are desire is, but there are those times when we are not sure what it is that we need to ask for, but again we are not alone. Romans 8:26 tells us “Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.”

Let us praise God that we never have to pray alone, that there is one greater then us, interceding for us, both God the Son our Lord Jesus Christ and God the Holy Spirit.

So we have seen that these quite a bit we can learn from a one of God’s creatures. My prayer is that you have been encouraged to pray. If a raven knows it’s need of God and cries out for food, I pray that you would recognize the need you have to pray to your creator.

To those of you who know the Lord as your personal Lord and Saviour I again read to you Psa. 50:15; “Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.”

To those of you who have never trusted in the Lord Jesus as Saviour to I read Romans 10:9-13: “if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the Scripture says, "Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame. For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. For "whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved.”

Will you call upon the Lord today for salvation? If you have any questions regarding your salvation please speak with myself, or someone you know has a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Trust in the Lord today, cry out to Him today, and He will answer you.

LET US PRAY