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April 15

April 15
Desires of Righteous Granted
The desires of the righteous shall be granted. (Proverbs 10:24)
Because it is a righteous desire it is safe for God to grant it. It would be neither good for the man
himself, nor for society at large, that such a promise should be made to the unrighteous. Let us keep
the Lord's commands, and He will rightfully have respect to our desires.
When righteous men are left to desire unrighteous desires, they will not be granted to them. But then
these are not their real desires; they are their wanderings or blunders, and it is well that they should
be refused. Their gracious desires shall come before the Lord, and He will not say them nay.
Does the Lord deny us our requests for a time? Let the promise for today encourage us to ask again.
Has He denied us altogether? We will thank Him still, for it always was our desire that He should deny
us if He judged a denial to be best.
As to some things, we ask very boldly. Our chief desires are for holiness, usefulness, likeness to
Christ, preparedness for heaven. These are the desires of grace rather than of nature—the desires of
the righteous man rather than of the mere man. God will not stint us in these things but will do for us
exceeding abundantly. "Delight thy self also in the Lord, and he shall give thee the desires of thine
heart." This day, my soul, ask largely!