The Solution of Unanswered Prayers

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Apr 22, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 16.

The Solution of Unanswered Prayers

ARE not the words of the psalmist, "If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me," the solution of unanswered prayers? "The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit" (Ps. 34:18), but "he that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination." Prov. 28:9. To turn away from hearing the law is to cling to those things which the law condemns, and that is to regard iniquity in the heart. The precious promises of God are for the broken of heart, those who are penitent, who loathe their sins, and desire to turn away from them; such have the blessed assurance: "Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold." Ps. 68:13.