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Thursday, February 28, 2008
MORNING:
"My expectation is from him."
-- Psalms 62:5
It is the believer's privilege to use this language. If he is looking
for aught from the world, it is a poor "expectation" indeed. But if he
looks to God for the supply of his wants, whether in temporal or
spiritual blessings, his "expectation" will not be a vain one.
Constantly he may draw from the bank of faith, and get his need
supplied out of the riches of God's lovingkindness. This I know, I had
rather have God for my banker than all the Rothschilds. My Lord never
fails to honour his promises; and when we bring them to his throne, he
never sends them back unanswered. Therefore I will wait only at his
door, for he ever opens it with the hand of munificent grace. At this
hour I will try him anew. But we have "expectations" beyond this life.
We shall die soon; and then our "expectation is from him." Do we not
expect that when we lie upon the bed of sickness he will send angels to
carry us to his bosom? We believe that when the pulse is faint, and the
heart heaves heavily, some angelic messenger shall stand and look with
loving eyes upon us, and whisper, "Sister spirit, come away!" As we
approach the heavenly gate, we expect to hear the welcome invitation,
"Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you
from the foundation of the world." We are expecting harps of gold and
crowns of glory; we are hoping soon to be amongst the multitude of
shining ones before the throne; we are looking forward and longing for
the time when we shall be like our glorious Lord-for "We shall see him
as he is." Then if these be thine "expectations," O my soul, live for
God; live with the desire and resolve to glorify him from whom cometh
all thy supplies, and of whose grace in thy election, redemption, and
calling, it is that thou hast any "expectation" of coming glory.
EVENING:
"The barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil
fail, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by
Elijah."
-- 1 Kings 17:16
See the faithfulness of divine love. You observe that this woman had
daily necessities. She had herself and her son to feed in a time of
famine; and now, in addition, the prophet Elijah was to be fed too. But
though the need was threefold, yet the supply of meal wasted not, for
she had a constant supply. Each day she made calls upon the barrel, but
yet each day it remained the same. You, dear reader, have daily
necessities, and because they come so frequently, you are apt to fear
that the barrel of meal will one day be empty, and the cruse of oil
will fail you. Rest assured that, according to the Word of God, this
shall not be the case. Each day, though it bring its trouble, shall
bring its help; and though you should live to outnumber the years of
Methuselah, and though your needs should be as many as the sands of the
seashore, yet shall God's grace and mercy last through all your
necessities, and you shall never know a real lack. For three long
years, in this widow's days, the heavens never saw a cloud, and the
stars never wept a holy tear of dew upon the wicked earth: famine, and
desolation, and death, made the land a howling wilderness, but this
woman never was hungry, but always joyful in abundance. So shall it be
with you. You shall see the sinner's hope perish, for he trusts his
native strength; you shall see the proud Pharisee's confidence totter,
for he builds his hope upon the sand; you shall see even your own
schemes blasted and withered, but you yourself shall find that your
place of defence shall be the munition of rocks: "Your bread shall be
given you, and your water shall be sure." Better have God for your
guardian, than the Bank of England for your possession. You might spend
the wealth of the Indies, but the infinite riches of God you can never
exhaust.
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