A growing selection from the writings of Andrew Murray (1828–1917) — Dutch Reformed minister of South Africa, whose Spirit-centred devotional voice became one of the foundational texts of Pentecostal and Charismatic piety. Drawn from Abide in Christ, With Christ in the School of Prayer, The Spirit of Christ, Humility, The True Vine, Waiting on God, and Absolute Surrender. Each meditation begins with a verse from the King James Bible.
A starting selection of 30 meditations, with more being added.
Today · Wednesday, September 9
Ask, and It Shall Be Given
“Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.”
Three commands, three promises. They do not depend upon the worthiness of the asker, but on the goodness of the Giver. He is a Father who delights to give. He has never refused a child that came earnestly.
Why then do we receive so little? Because we ask so little, and ask so faintly. We bring small petitions to a great King, and we bring them with a half-heart that already concludes nothing will come of it.
Ask boldly today. Bring your great need — the household, the wandering child, the besetting sin — and lay it down. Do not stop at one asking; seek, and if seeking does not find it at once, knock. The promise is certain. The asker, the seeker, the knocker is never sent away empty.
From With Christ in the School of Prayer