Have you ever wished that you were born earlier, say alive during the time when Jesus walked the earth as a man? Or would you rather be alive during the time of William and Catherine Booth? The past seems to be more glorious and exciting. We can learn much from the past. History teaches us lessons. Anyway, however glorious or glamorous the past may appear to be, we cannot go back to the past. Time moves in one direction. Each generation has its own privileges and challenges. You and I are here today, because it is God's time for us. We are here for such a time as this.
One song writer Jemima Luke wrote this
"I think when I read that sweet story of old,
When Jesus was here among men,
How he called little children as lambs to his fold,
I should like to have been with them then.
I wish that his hands had been placed on my head,
That his arms had been thrown around me,
And that I might have seen his kind look when he said,
'Let the little ones come unto me.'
I was not there, you were not there, but today He is with us. The writer goes on to claim and you and I can make the same claim and enjoy the same privilege.
"Yet still to his footstool in prayer I may go,
And ask for a share of his love."
What a privilege to take everything to Him in prayer.
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