Praying when time is short
Posted at Reformation Scotland: Even in a time of declining health and worsening physical weakness, the Lord can still make spiritual realities more of a concern to people than their bodily needs. When we are confronted with our frailty and vulnerability it can give us the opportunity to look beyond even very pressing health concerns to the needs of our souls and what there is to look forward to when we leave this world. The Glasgow minister Zachary Boyd imagined a situation where a man who was terminally ill started to be concerned about his soul. He published the dialogue between this man and his godly pastor with the title “The Last Battle of the Soul in Death.” Over several days, the pastor leads the man to see that there is forgiveness in Christ Jesus for his sins, and the man grows in confidence that as he has believed in Jesus he will go to be with Him in heaven sooner or later. In the following updated extract, the pastor prays with and for the sick man, giving us an indication...
