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Thursday, May 28, 2009
MORNING:
"Whom he justified, them he also glorified."
-- Romans 8:30
Here is a precious truth for thee, believer. Thou mayest be poor, or in
suffering, or unknown, but for thine encouragement take a review of thy
"calling" and the consequences that flow from it, and especially that
blessed result here spoken of. As surely as thou art God's child today,
so surely shall all thy trials soon be at an end, and thou shalt be
rich to all the intents of bliss. Wait awhile, and that weary head
shall wear the crown of glory, and that hand of labour shall grasp the
palm-branch of victory. Lament not thy troubles, but rather rejoice
that ere long thou wilt be where "there shall be neither sorrow, nor
crying, neither shall there be any more pain." The chariots of fire are
at thy door, and a moment will suffice to bear thee to the glorified.
The everlasting song is almost on thy lip. The portals of heaven stand
open for thee. Think not that thou canst fail of entering into rest. If
he hath called thee, nothing can divide thee from his love. Distress
cannot sever the bond; the fire of persecution cannot burn the link;
the hammer of hell cannot break the chain. Thou art secure; that voice
which called thee at first, shall call thee yet again from earth to
heaven, from death's dark gloom to immortality's unuttered splendours.
Rest assured, the heart of him who has justified thee beats with
infinite love towards thee. Thou shalt soon be with the glorified,
where thy portion is; thou art only waiting here to be made meet for
the inheritance, and that done, the wings of angels shall waft thee far
away, to the mount of peace, and joy, and blessedness, where,
"Far from a world of grief and sin,
With God eternally shut in,"
thou shalt rest for ever and ever.
EVENING:
"This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope."
-- Lamentations 3:21
Memory is frequently the bond slave of despondency. Dispairing minds
call to remembrance every dark foreboding in the past, and dilate upon
every gloomy feature in the present; thus memory, clothed in sackcloth,
presents to the mind a cup of mingled gall and wormwood. There is,
however, no necessity for this. Wisdom can readily transform memory
into an angel of comfort. That same recollection which in its left hand
brings so many gloomy omens, may be trained to bear in its right a
wealth of hopeful signs. She need not wear a crown of iron, she may
encircle her brow with a fillet of gold, all spangled with stars. Thus
it was in Jeremiah's experience: in the previous verse memory had
brought him to deep humiliation of soul: "My soul hath them still in
remembrance, and is humbled in me;" and now this same memory restored
him to life and comfort. "This I recall to my mind, therefore have I
hope." Like a two-edged sword, his memory first killed his pride with
one edge, and then slew his despair with the other. As a general
principle, if we would exercise our memories more wisely, we might, in
our very darkest distress, strike a match which would instantaneously
kindle the lamp of comfort. There is no need for God to create a new
thing upon the earth in order to restore believers to joy; if they
would prayerfully rake the ashes of the past, they would find light for
the present; and if they would turn to the book of truth and the throne
of grace, their candle would soon shine as aforetime. Be it ours to
remember the lovingkindness of the Lord, and to rehearse his deeds of
grace. Let us open the volume of recollection which is so richly
illuminated with memorials of mercy, and we shall soon be happy. Thus
memory may be, as Coleridge calls it, "the bosom-spring of joy," and
when the Divine Comforter bends it to his service, it may be chief
among earthly comforters.
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