SA 25:35{We must be accepted in the Beloved before we can expect to be answered through the Beloved. Is there a doubt about this and a sigh over the words? There need not be; for now, at this moment, the old promise stands with its unchangeable welcome to the weary; "Him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out." Then, if you come now, at this moment, on the strength of His word, you cannot be rejected, there is nothing but one blessed alternative—accepted. Then come the answers! As surely as the prayers go up from the accepted one, so surely will blessings come down. When Esther had touched the golden scepter, then said the king unto her, "What wilt thou Queen Esther, and what is thy request? it shall be given thee to the half of the kingdom." But there is no half in our King's promise. He says, "All things," and "Whatsoever." And He does do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, and more than fulfills our little scanty requests. And then, by every fresh fulfillment we should receive ever new assurance of our acceptance—then (shall it not be today?) as we give thanks for each gracious answer, we may look up confidingly and joyfully, and say, "Thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in Thy sight" (2 Sam. 14:2222And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant. (2 Samuel 14:22)).
Accepted, perfect and complete.
For God's inheritance made meet!
How true, how glorious, and how sweet!
In the Beloved—by the King
Accepted, though not anything
But forfeit lives had we to bring.