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Wednesday, December 5, 2007
MORNING:
"Ask, and it shall be given you."
-- Matthew 7:7
We know of a place in England still existing, where a dole of bread is
served to every passerby who chooses to ask for it. Whoever the
traveller may be, he has but to knock at the door of St. Cross
Hospital, and there is the dole of bread for him. Jesus Christ so
loveth sinners that he has built a St. Cross Hospital, so that whenever
a sinner is hungry, he has but to knock and have his wants supplied.
Nay, he has done better; he has attached to this Hospital of the Cross
a bath; and whenever a soul is black and filthy, it has but to go there
and be washed. The fountain is always full, always efficacious. No
sinner ever went into it and found that it could not wash away his
stains. Sins which were scarlet and crimson have all disappeared, and
the sinner has been whiter than snow. As if this were not enough, there
is attached to this Hospital of the Cross a wardrobe, and a sinner
making application simply as a sinner, may be clothed from head to
foot; and if he wishes to be a soldier, he may not merely have a
garment for ordinary wear, but armour which shall cover him from the
sole of his foot to the crown of his head. If he asks for a sword, he
shall have that given to him, and a shield too. Nothing that is good
for him shall be denied him. He shall have spending-money so long as he
lives, and he shall have an eternal heritage of glorious treasure when
he enters into the joy of his Lord.
If all these things are to be had by merely knocking at mercy's door, O
my soul, knock hard this morning, and ask large things of thy generous
Lord. Leave not the throne of grace till all thy wants have been spread
before the Lord, and until by faith thou hast a comfortable prospect
that they shall be all supplied. No bashfulness need retard when Jesus
invites. No unbelief should hinder when Jesus promises. No
cold-heartedness should restrain when such blessings are to be
obtained.
EVENING:
"And the Lord shewed me four carpenters."
-- Zechariah 1:20
In the vision described in this chapter, the prophet saw four terrible
horns. They were pushing this way and that way, dashing down the
strongest and the mightiest; and the prophet asked, "What are these?"
The answer was, "These are the horns which have scattered Israel." He
saw before him a representation of those powers which had oppressed the
church of God. There were four horns; for the church is attacked from
all quarters. Well might the prophet have felt dismayed; but on a
sudden there appeared before him four carpenters. He asked, "What shall
these do?" These are the men whom God hath found to break those horns
in pieces. God will always find men for his work, and he will find them
at the right time. The prophet did not see the carpenters first, when
there was nothing to do, but first the "horns," and then the
"carpenters." Moreover, the Lord finds enough men. He did not find
three carpenters, but four; there were four horns, and there must be
four workmen. God finds the right men; not four men with pens to write;
not four architects to draw plans; but four carpenters to do rough
work. Rest assured, you who tremble for the ark of God, that when the
"horns" grow troublesome, the "carpenters" will be found. You need not
fret concerning the weakness of the church of God at any moment; there
may be growing up in obscurity the valiant reformer who will shake the
nations: Chrysostoms may come forth from our Ragged Schools, and
Augustines from the thickest darkness of London's poverty. The Lord
knows where to find his servants. He hath in ambush a multitude of
mighty men, and at his word they shall start up to the battle; "for the
battle is the Lord's," and he shall get to himself the victory. Let us
abide faithful to Christ, and he, in the right time, will raise up for
us a defence, whether it be in the day of our personal need, or in the
season of peril to his Church.
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