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Thursday, October 25, 2007
MORNING:
"For the truths sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with
us for ever."
-- 2 John 2
Once let the truth of God obtain an entrance into the human heart and
subdue the whole man unto itself, no power human or infernal can
dislodge it. We entertain it not as a guest but as the master of the
house-this is a Christian necessity, he is no Christian who doth not
thus believe. Those who feel the vital power of the gospel, and know
the might of the Holy Ghost as he opens, applies, and seals the Lord's
Word, would sooner be torn to pieces than be rent away from the gospel
of their salvation. What a thousand mercies are wrapped up in the
assurance that the truth will be with us for ever; will be our living
support, our dying comfort, our rising song, our eternal glory; this is
Christian privilege, without it our faith were little worth. Some
truths we outgrow and leave behind, for they are but rudiments and
lessons for beginners, but we cannot thus deal with Divine truth, for
though it is sweet food for babes, it is in the highest sense strong
meat for men. The truth that we are sinners is painfully with us to
humble and make us watchful; the more blessed truth that whosoever
believeth on the Lord Jesus shall be saved, abides with us as our hope
and joy. Experience, so far from loosening our hold of the doctrines of
grace, has knit us to them more and more firmly; our grounds and
motives for believing are now more strong, more numerous than ever, and
we have reason to expect that it will be so till in death we clasp the
Saviour in our arms.
Wherever this abiding love of truth can be discovered, we are bound to
exercise our love. No narrow circle can contain our gracious
sympathies, wide as the election of grace must be our communion of
heart. Much of error may be mingled with truth received, let us war
with the error but still love the brother for the measure of truth
which we see in him; above all let us love and spread the truth
ourselves.
EVENING:
"She gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was
to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was
of the kindred of Elimelech."
-- Ruth 2:3
Her hap was. Yes, it seemed nothing but an accident, but how divinely
was it overruled! Ruth had gone forth with her mother's blessing, under
the care of her mother's God, to humble but honourable toil, and the
providence of God was guiding her every step. Little did she know that
amid the sheaves she would find a husband, that he should make her the
joint owner of all those broad acres, and that she a poor foreigner
should become one of the progenitors of the great Messiah. God is very
good to those who trust in him, and often surprises them with unlooked
for blessings. Little do we know what may happen to us to-morrow, but
this sweet fact may cheer us, that no good thing shall be withheld.
Chance is banished from the faith of Christians, for they see the hand
of God in everything. The trivial events of to-day or to-morrow may
involve consequences of the highest importance. O Lord, deal as
graciously with thy servants as thou didst with Ruth.
How blessed would it be, if, in wandering in the field of meditation
to-night, our hap should be to light upon the place where our next
Kinsman will reveal himself to us! O Spirit of God, guide us to him. We
would sooner glean in his field than bear away the whole harvest from
any other. O for the footsteps of his flock, which may conduct us to
the green pastures where he dwells! This is a weary world when Jesus is
away-we could better do without sun and moon that without him-but how
divinely fair all things become in the glory of his presence! Our souls
know the virtue which dwells in Jesus, and can never be content without
him. We will wait in prayer this night until our hap shall be to light
on a part of the field belonging to Jesus wherein he will manifest
himself to us.
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