Homilist Psalm 81:7 You called in trouble, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder: I proved you at the waters of Meribah… God has a thousand "secret" ways of granting our requests. I. He may do it by a WAVE OF AIR. A man is the subject of a painful disease, that seems progressing to the utter extinction of his life; for the sake of others depending on him, he implores his Maker to restore him. A fresh breeze from heaven is let into his chamber, it not only sweeps his foul room, but heaves his lungs with a new force, oxygenizes his blood, and quickens his pulses with a new vitality. Wave after wave continues to play around him until he is able to rise from his couch and go into the open fields. God has answered him from "the secret place of thunder." II. He may do it by the BIRTH OF A THOUGHT, The good man may be enfolded in darkness, wrapped in perplexities, so utterly embarrassed by his circumstances that he knows not what step to take next. He cries to Heaven for guidance; all worldly resources have failed. A new thought springs up in his mind, solves his problems, scatters his darkness, removes his embarrassments, reveals a path to enter, safe and sunny, full of promise. He pursues it, and all is right. His prayer is answered from "the secret place of thunder." III. He may do it by the visit OF A FRIEND. As he talks, the burden of sorrow falls from his heart, and he breathes once more the free air of hope. His prayer has been answered from "the secret place of thunder." IV. He may do it by a VERSE OF SCRIPTURE. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah. |
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