A word fitly spoken . . . by someone!

Recently, a friend shared a quote with me – “Prayer is the slender nerve that moves the muscle of omnipotence.” I was impressed with the quote and being a professor who is in the habit of looking for footnotes, I asked who made the statement. He didn’t know. In curiosity, I began a search. I “Googled it!” as they say these days. In various places I found the quote attributed to the following persons: Edwin Hartsell, Martin Farquhar Tupper, Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Jonathan Edwards, and Archbishop Seraphim. Variations of the quote were attributed to a half-dozen other persons. The entire process reminded me of a couple of things: (1) If something comes from God, it doesn’t really matter who gets the credit; and (2) In a generation or two, most of what I say will either be lost or repeated by someone else. So if God has given you something to say, say it the way He said it to you, and let the credit go where it may. In Proverbs 25:11, Solomon (or perhaps someone before him) said, “A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver” whoever says it! (the last three words are mine – I think.)