Christ the Medium of Prayer and Blessing
Balaclava, Victoria, Australia,
March 25, 1898
To a Sanitarium Physician:
My Dear Brother,
I have just received your letters. I see that you are having a close
battle financially. I am so glad that you can heed the encouragement
in the words: “Let him take hold of My strength, that he may make
peace with Me; and he shall make peace with Me.”
Isaiah 27:5
. Let
us have faith in God. Let us put our trust in Him. He understands
all about the situation in which we are placed, and He will work in
our behalf. He is honored when we trust in Him, bringing to Him all
our perplexities. “Whatsoever ye shall ask in My name,” Christ says,
“that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.”
John 14:13
.
God’s appointments and grants in our behalf are without limit. The
throne of grace itself is occupied by One who permits us to call Him
Father.
“God so loved the world, that He gave His only-begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting
life.”
John 3:16
. Jehovah did not deem the plan of salvation complete
while invested only with His love. He has placed at His altar an
Advocate clothed in our nature. As our Intercessor, Christ’s office
work is to introduce us to God as His sons and daughters. He intercedes
in behalf of those who receive Him. With His own blood He has paid
their ransom. By virtue of His merits He gives them power to become
members of the royal family, children of the heavenly King. And
the Father demonstrates His infinite love for Christ by receiving and
welcoming Christ’s friends as His friends. He is satisfied with the
atonement made. He is glorified by the incarnation, the life, death, and
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mediation of His Son.
In Christ’s name our petitions ascend to the Father. He intercedes
in our behalf, and the Father lays open all the treasures of His grace
for our appropriation, for us to enjoy and impart to others. “Ask in My
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