Daily meditations and reflections to draw you closer to God.
21 entries
NEEDFUL GRACE "As thy days, so shall thy strength be." — Deuteronomy 33:25 God does not give grace — until the hour of trial comes. But when it does come — the amount of grace, and the nature of the s…
EXPERIENCE How good is it to trust in God, and wait for kindness at his hand! When hope is gone, and all endeavors rendered useless, his watchful providence grants me my request, opens a door for me, …
STRANGERS AND PILGRIMS! "These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers…
DISAPPOINTMENTS How uncertain are our best-founded expectations from created things! Nothing seemingly more sure; the time when, the place where, and the manner how—designs were to be put in execution…
DIVINE LOVE QUESTIONED “I have loved you, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, Wherein hast Thou loved us?” — Malachi 1:2 KJV Was ever baser, darker, ingratitude than this? Study it, O my soul, for have you no…
THE NEARNESS OF GOD “Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?” — Jeremiah 23:23 KJV More saints than Luther have felt a personal interest in the forty-sixth Psalm: “God is our refug…
THE LORD MY PORTION “The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in Him.” — Lamentations 3:24 KJV It is our great privilege, beloved, that we live in a portionless world. This is both…
THE BEST FOR GOD “But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the Lord of hosts, and My name is …
THE VOICE OF THE LORD IN THE CLOUD “He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept His testimonies, and the ordinance that He gave them.” — Psalm 99:7 KJV And still the voice of the Lord is in the…
THE BELIEVER'S SUFFICIENCY OF GOD “Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send the…
NOTHING TOO HARD FOR GOD “Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah, saying, Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for Me?” — Jeremiah 32:26–27 KJV The believer h…
Consider Jesus—in the Elevation of Rank “King of kings, and Lord of lords.” — Revelation 19:16 KJV The twofold nature of Jesus brought Him into the closest personal relation to, and sympathy with, the…
Consider Jesus– in Lowliness of Birth “Is not this the carpenter's son?” — Matthew 13:55 KJV What a remarkable fact in the history of Jesus does this question, asked with mingled surprise and contempt…
Consider Jesus—as Not Alone “And yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.” — John 16:32 KJV There is a sweetness in every cup, a light in every cloud, a presence in every solitude of the Chr…
THE LORD MY KEEPER “The Lord is my portion, saith my soul.” — Lamentations 3:24 KJV “Those that Thou gavest Me I have kept.” — John 17:12 KJV And who could keep His people but the Lord Himself? All th…
THE BACKSLIDER’S RETURN “They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast pla…
Christ the Rock in the weary land “He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the fli…
Against murmuring at misfortunes If Providence is pleased to crush my comforts of any kind—shall I make my situation less comfortable by complaining? If God chastises me as a son—shall I make myself…
If God gives Christ, what can he withhold? Are believers in the valley of tears? Is their dwelling place Bochim and Baca? Well, God's mercy outstretches all their misery! Promises of grace dispel the …
SUBMISSION Will any, or will I, pretend to teach the Most High knowledge, seeing he is excellent in all his working, and perfect in all his ways? Then, since I cannot direct him, why am not I submissi…
RESIGNATION Sovereign Lord, what I most desired You have denied, yet I praise You! On what account, I know not, yet I praise You. You have done it; that silences me. Your will makes it indisputable,…