The godly have some good in them, therefore the devil afflicts them; and some evil in them, therefore God afflicts them.
Thomas WatsonPrayer delights God's ear; it melts His heart; and opens His hand. God cannot deny a praying soul.
Thomas WatsonGod will fill the hungry because He Himself has stirred up the hunger. As in the case of prayer, when God prepares the heart to pray, He prepares His ear to hear (Ps. 10:17). So in the case of spiritual hunger, when God prepares the heart to hunger, He will prepare His hand to fill.
Thomas Watson