Prayer

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“The four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odors, which are the prayers of saints” (Rev. 5:88And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odors, which are the prayers of saints. (Revelation 5:8)). The “prayers of the saints” are connected with the grace of God now and will be remembered for eternity. There are things which His people suffer that He never forgets. All their prayers are treasured up before God; their tears are put in His bottle and treasured up. What! The sorrow I have forgotten, has God put that down? Is that one of the things that will shine? Can the prayers and groans of a saint be kept and have a special place — be an odor of a sweet savor to God? A poor, broken saint can say, “Not only does God remember my prayer, but He puts it by on His own throne, like the pot of manna which He laid up, to be remembered as a trophy of the way He carried His people through the wilderness.” The remembrance of those prayers there in glory tell what the special need of His presence was here on earth. They are kept in “golden vials.” Gold marks the divine character of that by which they are kept; the odor is a fragrant incense going up, and the fragrance is ever the same. Is that said of the prayers of saints? Yes; not one of them is lost. The Lord Jesus knew them all; they were always before God.
G. V. Wigram (adapted)