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Tuesday, May 13, 2008
MORNING:
"Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the
morning."
-- Psalms 30:5
Christian! If thou art in a night of trial, think of the morrow; cheer
up thy heart with the thought of the coming of thy Lord. Be patient,
for
"Lo! He comes with clouds descending."
Be patient! The Husbandman waits until he reaps his harvest. Be
patient; for you know who has said, "Behold, I come quickly; and my
reward is with me, to give to every man according as his work shall
be." If you are never so wretched now, remember
"A few more rolling suns, at most,
Will land thee on fair Canaan's coast."
Thy head may be crowned with thorny troubles now, but it shall wear a
starry crown ere long; thy hand may be filled with cares-it shall sweep
the strings of the harp of heaven soon. Thy garments may be soiled with
dust now; they shall be white by-and-by. Wait a little longer. Ah! how
despicable our troubles and trials will seem when we look back upon
them! Looking at them here in the prospect, they seem immense; but when
we get to heaven we shall then
"With transporting joys recount,
The labours of our feet."
Our trials will then seem light and momentary afflictions. Let us go on
boldly; if the night be never so dark, the morning cometh, which is
more than they can say who are shut up in the darkness of hell. Do you
know what it is thus to live on the future-to live on expectation-to
antedate heaven? Happy believer, to have so sure, so comforting a hope.
It may be all dark now, but it will soon be light; it may be all trial
now, but it will soon be all happiness. What matters it though "weeping
may endure for a night," when "joy cometh in the morning?"
EVENING:
"Thou art my portion, O Lord."
-- Psalms 119:57
Look at thy possessions, O believer, and compare thy portion with the
lot of thy fellowmen. Some of them have their portion in the field;
they are rich, and their harvests yield them a golden increase; but
what are harvests compared with thy God, who is the God of harvests?
What are bursting granaries compared with him, who is the Husbandman,
and feeds thee with the bread of heaven? Some have their portion in the
city; their wealth is abundant, and flows to them in constant streams,
until they become a very reservoir of gold; but what is gold compared
with thy God? Thou couldst not live on it; thy spiritual life could not
be sustained by it. Put it on a troubled conscience, and could it allay
its pangs? Apply it to a desponding heart, and see if it could stay a
solitary groan, or give one grief the less? But thou hast God, and in
him thou hast more than gold or riches ever could buy. Some have their
portion in that which most men love-applause and fame; but ask thyself,
is not thy God more to thee than that? What if a myriad clarions should
be loud in thine applause, would this prepare thee to pass the Jordan,
or cheer thee in prospect of judgment? No, there are griefs in life
which wealth cannot alleviate; and there is the deep need of a dying
hour, for which no riches can provide. But when thou hast God for thy
portion, thou hast more than all else put together. In him every want
is met, whether in life or in death. With God for thy portion thou art
rich indeed, for he will supply thy need, comfort thy heart, assuage
thy grief, guide thy steps, be with thee in the dark valley, and then
take thee home, to enjoy him as thy portion for ever. "I have enough,"
said Esau; this is the best thing a worldly man can say, but Jacob
replies, "I have all things," which is a note too high for carnal
minds.
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