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Tuesday, January 6, 2009
MORNING:
"Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you."
-- 1 Peter 5:7
It is a happy way of soothing sorrow when we can feel-"HE careth for
me." Christian! do not dishonour religion by always wearing a brow of
care; come, cast your burden upon your Lord. You are staggering beneath
a weight which your Father would not feel. What seems to you a crushing
burden, would be to him but as the small dust of the balance. Nothing
is so sweet as to
"Lie passive in God's hands,
And know no will but his."
O child of suffering, be thou patient; God has not passed thee over in
his providence. He who is the feeder of sparrows, will also furnish you
with what you need. Sit not down in despair; hope on, hope ever. Take
up the arms of faith against a sea of trouble, and your opposition
shall yet end your distresses. There is One who careth for you. His eye
is fixed on you, his heart beats with pity for your woe, and his hand
omnipotent shall yet bring you the needed help. The darkest cloud shall
scatter itself in showers of mercy. The blackest gloom shall give place
to the morning. He, if thou art one of his family, will bind up thy
wounds, and heal thy broken heart. Doubt not his grace because of thy
tribulation, but believe that he loveth thee as much in seasons of
trouble as in times of happiness. What a serene and quiet life might
you lead if you would leave providing to the God of providence! With a
little oil in the cruse, and a handful of meal in the barrel, Elijah
outlived the famine, and you will do the same. If God cares for you,
why need you care too? Can you trust him for your soul, and not for
your body? He has never refused to bear your burdens, he has never
fainted under their weight. Come, then, soul! have done with fretful
care, and leave all thy concerns in the hand of a gracious God.
EVENING:
"Now the hand of the Lord was upon me in the evening."
-- Ezekiel 33:22
In the way of judgment this may be the case, and, if so, be it mine to
consider the reason of such a visitation, and bear the rod and him that
hath appointed it. I am not the only one who is chastened in the night
season; let me cheerfully submit to the affliction, and carefully
endeavour to be profited thereby. But the hand of the Lord may also be
felt in another manner, strengthening the soul and lifting the spirit
upward towards eternal things. O that I may in this sense feel the Lord
dealing with me! A sense of the divine presence and indwelling bears
the soul towards heaven as upon the wings of eagles. At such times we
are full to the brim with spiritual joy, and forget the cares and
sorrows of earth; the invisible is near, and the visible loses its
power over us; servant-body waits at the foot of the hill, and the
master-spirit worships upon the summit in the presence of the Lord. O
that a hallowed season of divine communion may be vouchsafed to me this
evening! The Lord knows that I need it very greatly. My graces
languish, my corruptions rage, my faith is weak, my devotion is cold;
all these are reasons why his healing hand should be laid upon me. His
hand can cool the heat of my burning brow, and stay the tumult of my
palpitating heart. That glorious right hand which moulded the world can
new-create my mind; the unwearied hand which bears the earth's huge
pillars up can sustain my spirit; the loving hand which incloses all
the saints can cherish me; and the mighty hand which breaketh in pieces
the enemy can subdue my sins. Why should I not feel that hand touching
me this evening? Come, my soul, address thy God with the potent plea,
that Jesus' hands were pierced for thy redemption, and thou shalt
surely feel that same hand upon thee which once touched Daniel and set
him upon his knees that he might see visions of God.
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