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Wednesday, January 30, 2008
MORNING:
"When thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the
mulberry trees, then thou shalt bestir thyself."
-- 2 Samuel 5:24
The members of Christ's Church should be very prayerful, always seeking
the unction of the Holy One to rest upon their hearts, that the kingdom
of Christ may come, and that his "will be done on earth, even as it is
in heaven;" but there are times when God seems especially to favour
Zion, such seasons ought to be to them like "the sound of a going in
the tops of the mulberry trees." We ought then to be doubly prayerful,
doubly earnest, wrestling more at the throne than we have been wont to
do. Action should then be prompt and vigorous. The tide is flowing-now
let us pull manfully for the shore. O for Pentecostal outpourings and
Pentecostal labours. Christian, in yourself there are times "when thou
hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees." You
have a peculiar power in prayer; the Spirit of God gives you joy and
gladness; the Scripture is open to you; the promises are applied; you
walk in the light of God's countenance; you have peculiar freedom and
liberty in devotion, and more closeness of communion with Christ than
was your wont. Now, at such joyous periods when you hear the "sound of
a going in the tops of the mulberry trees," is the time to bestir
yourself; now is the time to get rid of any evil habit, while God the
Spirit helpeth your infirmities. Spread your sail; but remember what
you sometimes sing-
"I can only spread the sail;
Thou! Thou! must breathe the auspicious gale."
Only be sure you have the sail up. Do not miss the gale for want of
preparation for it. Seek help of God, that you may be more earnest in
duty when made more strong in faith; that you may be more constant in
prayer when you have more liberty at the throne; that you may be more
holy in your conversation whilst you live more closely with Christ.
EVENING:
"In whom also we have obtained an inheritance."
-- Ephesians 1:11
When Jesus gave himself for us, he gave us all the rights and
privileges which went with himself; so that now, although as eternal
God, he has essential rights to which no creature may venture to
pretend, yet as Jesus, the Mediator, the federal head of the covenant
of grace, he has no heritage apart from us. All the glorious
consequences of his obedience unto death are the joint riches of all
who are in him, and on whose behalf he accomplished the divine will.
See, he enters into glory, but not for himself alone, for it is
written, "Whither the Forerunner is for us entered." Heb. 6:20. Does he
stand in the presence of God?-"He appears in the presence of God for
us." Heb. 9:24. Consider this, believer. You have no right to heaven in
yourself: your right lies in Christ. If you are pardoned, it is through
his blood; if you are justified, it is through his righteousness; if
you are sanctified, it is because he is made of God unto you
sanctification; if you shall be kept from falling, it will be because
you are preserved in Christ Jesus; and if you are perfected at the
last, it will be because you are complete in him. Thus Jesus is
magnified-for all is in him and by him; thus the inheritance is made
certain to us-for it is obtained in him; thus each blessing is the
sweeter, and even heaven itself the brighter, because it is Jesus our
Beloved "in whom" we have obtained all. Where is the man who shall
estimate our divine portion? Weigh the riches of Christ in scales, and
his treasure in balances, and then think to count the treasures which
belong to the saints. Reach the bottom of Christ's sea of joy, and then
hope to understand the bliss which God hath prepared for them that love
him. Overleap the boundaries of Christ's possessions, and then dream of
a limit to the fair inheritance of the elect. "All things are yours,
for ye are Christ's and Christ is God's."
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