"At that time Jesus answered."-Matthew 11:25

This is a singular way in which to commence a verse-"At that time Jesus
answered." If you will look at the context you will not perceive that
any person had asked Him a question, or that He was in conversation with
any human being. Yet it is written, "Jesus answered and said, I thank
Thee, O Father." When a man answers, he answers a person who has been
speaking to him. Who, then, had spoken to Christ? His Father. Yet there
is no record of it; and this should teach us that Jesus had constant
fellowship with His Father, and that God spake into His heart so often, so
continually, that it was not a circumstance singular enough to be
recorded. It was the habit and life of Jesus to talk with God. Even as Jesus
was, is this world, so are we; let us therefore learn the lesson which
this simple statement concerning Him teaches us. May we likewise have
silent fellowship with the Father, so that often we may answer Him, and
though the world wotteth not to whom we speak, may we be respo!
nding to that secret voice unheard of any other ear, which our own ear,
opened by the Spirit of God, recognizes with joy. God has spoken to us,
let us speak to God-either to set our seal that God is true and
faithful to His promise, or to confess the sin of which the Spirit of God has
convinced us, or to acknowledge the mercy which God's providence has
given, or to express assent to the great truths which God the Holy Ghost
has opened to our understanding. What a privilege is intimate communion
with the Father of our spirits! It is a secret hidden from the world, a
joy with which even the nearest friend intermeddleth not. If we would
hear the whispers of God's love, our ear must be purged and fitted to
listen to His voice. This very evening may our hearts be in such a state,
that when God speaks to us, we, like Jesus, may be prepared at once to
answer Him.


SHALOM!!!