Today, I read an excerpt of the life of Scottish preacher and revivalist Robert Murray McCheyne, and was very inspired by the man. He died at 29 but left a deep impression.
He made prayer, meditation and self-discipline key aspects of his work throughout his life. His usual daily pattern was to rise at 6:30 am and spend two hours in private prayer and meditation (including an hour devoted to the Jews). From 8:30-10 am he had breakfast and family prayers. On Sundays his practice was to spend six hours in prayer and devotional reading.
Here are some of his quotes worth pondering:
"Live so as to be missed.”
“Most of God’s people are contented to be saved from the hell that is outside; they are not so anxious to be saved from the hell that is inside them. Lord, make me as holy as a pardoned sinner can be.”
“If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million enemies. Yet distance makes no difference. He is praying for me.”
“Your own soul is your first and greatest care. Seek advance of personal holiness. It is not great talents God blesses so much as great likeness to the Lord Jesus. A holy pastor is an awful weapon in the hand of God. A word spoken by you when your conscience is clear, and your heart full of God’s Holy Spirit, is worth ten thousand words spoken in unbelief and sin.”
Words worth pondering indeed.
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