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Friday, January 16, 2009
MORNING:
"I will help thee, saith the Lord."
-- Isaiah 41:14
This morning let us hear the Lord Jesus speak to each one of us: "I
will help thee." "It is but a small thing for me, thy God, to help
thee. Consider what I have done already. What! not help thee? Why, I
bought thee with my blood. What! not help thee? I have died for thee;
and if I have done the greater, will I not do the less? Help thee! It
is the least thing I will ever do for thee; I have done more, and will
do more. Before the world began I chose thee. I made the covenant for
thee. I laid aside my glory and became a man for thee; I gave up my
life for thee; and if I did all this, I will surely help thee now. In
helping thee, I am giving thee what I have bought for thee already. If
thou hadst need of a thousand times as much help, I would give it thee;
thou requirest little compared with what I am ready to give. 'Tis much
for thee to need, but it is nothing for me to bestow. 'Help thee?' Fear
not! If there were an ant at the door of thy granary asking for help,
it would not ruin thee to give him a handful of thy wheat; and thou art
nothing but a tiny insect at the door of my all-sufficiency. 'I will
help thee.'"
O my soul, is not this enough? Dost thou need more strength than the
omnipotence of the United Trinity? Dost thou want more wisdom than
exists in the Father, more love than displays itself in the Son, or
more power than is manifest in the influences of the Spirit? Bring
hither thine empty pitcher! Surely this well will fill it. Haste,
gather up thy wants, and bring them here-thine emptiness, thy woes, thy
needs. Behold, this river of God is full for thy supply; what canst
thou desire beside? Go forth, my soul, in this thy might. The Eternal
God is thine helper!
"Fear not, I am with thee, oh, be not dismay'd!
I, I am thy God, and will still give thee aid."
EVENING:
"The Messiah shall be cut off, but not for himself."
-- Daniel 9:26
Blessed be his name, there was no cause of death in him. Neither
original nor actual sin had defiled him, and therefore death had no
claim upon him. No man could have taken his life from him justly, for
he had done no man wrong, and no man could even have lain him by force
unless he had been pleased to yield himself to die. But lo, one sins
and another suffers. Justice was offended by us, but found its
satisfaction in him. Rivers of tears, mountains of offerings, seas of
the blood of bullocks, and hills of frankincense, could not have
availed for the removal of sin; but Jesus was cut off for us, and the
cause of wrath was cut off at once, for sin was put away for ever.
Herein is wisdom, whereby substitution, the sure and speedy way of
atonement, was devised! Herein is condescension, which brought Messiah,
the Prince, to wear a crown of thorns, and die upon the cross! Herein
is love, which led the Redeemer to lay down his life for his enemies!
It is not enough, however, to admire the spectacle of the innocent
bleeding for the guilty, we must make sure of our interest therein. The
special object of the Messiah's death was the salvation of his church;
have we a part and a lot among those for whom he gave his life a
ransom? Did the Lord Jesus stand as our representative? Are we healed
by his stripes? It will be a terrible thing indeed if we should come
short of a portion in his sacrifice; it were better for us that we had
never been born. Solemn as the question is, it is a joyful circumstance
that it is one which may be answered clearly and without mistake. To
all who believe on him the Lord Jesus is a present Saviour, and upon
them all the blood of reconciliation has been sprinkled. Let all who
trust in the merit of Messiah's death be joyful at every remembrance of
him, and let their holy gratitude lead them to the fullest consecration
to his cause.
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