ARE YOU READY TO BE BLEST?
By R. F. COTTRELL.
ARE you waiting for the Lord to bless you with the outpouring of his Spirit? Are you all ready and waiting for the latter rain? Why, then, are you not blest? Is the Lord slack concerning his promise? does he withhold the blessing, when you are ready for it? No; he is more willing to bless you than you are to be blest. You are not waiting for the Lord; he is waiting for you; as soon as you are ready to be blest, he will pour the blessing upon you. He is blessing you all you can bear, till you seek him more earnestly in the way of well-doing. When an individual is ready to enjoy the smiles of Heaven, he has them; and when the church is prepared for the refreshing, it will come. Then let us not deceive ourselves by thinking that we are waiting for the Lord, while the truth is, he is waiting for us. It is the blessed Jesus that is waiting—he it is that stands at the door and knocks. If we will open the door, he will not fail to come in and sup with us. Who will open the door—who will be exceedingly blest of the Lord? He is ready. Are you? “Be zealous and repent.”