"How much do you want?"
My friend, taken completely by surprise at the unexpected turn of events, managed to name the large sum he had been thinking and praying over so much. And before he could quite recover from his surprise, he found himself outside walking up the street with the coveted check in his pocket, praising God for such an answer to his prayers. It had been years before, but as we walked and talked it all came back with a fresh flush of feeling.
The present is a waiting time. It may seem to some as though they are in the wilderness. Clear and distinct comes a quiet voice:
"What'll you have? Whatever you choose to ask, for My Son's sake."
May we reach out to take as much as He is reaching down to give. But the taking must be with the life.
VII.—THE CROWNED CHRIST REIGNING
(Revelation, Chapters xx: 4-xxii.)
"On this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve fruits."