“Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of this your servant and to the prayer of your servants who delight in revering your name.”
Nehemiah 1:11
When Nehemiah had presented his own personal supplication, he felt certain there were others who were also praying to the Lord, so he said, “And to that of your servants who delight to revere your name.” There are other good people elsewhere in the world, and there are other people who are as earnest in prayer as we are.
If we begin to suppose that we are the only ones left who hold sound doctrine, we will become bigots.
And if we think we are the only praying persons on the earth, we will most likely prove to be self-righteous.
If we fancy we are the only ones who have a deep spiritual experience, probably we will be doing a great wrong to the Lord’s other servants and speaking evil of those he has accepted.
It is far better to believe with Nehemiah that our prayerful voice is not a solitary one and that there are many who, like ourselves, cry day and night to God. If we take a hopeful view of things, we will more likely be near the mark than if we judge others severely and imagine ourselves to be the Lord’s only faithful servants.
C.H.Spurgeon
Romans 11:3-4
“Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars; I am the only one left, and they are trying to kill me”? And what was God’s answer to him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
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