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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
MORNING:
"Him hath God exalted."
-- Acts 5:31
Jesus, our Lord, once crucified, dead and buried, now sits upon the
throne of glory. The highest place that heaven affords is his by
undisputed right. It is sweet to remember that the exaltation of Christ
in heaven is a representative exaltation. He is exalted at the Father's
right hand, and though as Jehovah he had eminent glories, in which
finite creatures cannot share, yet as the Mediator, the honours which
Jesus wears in heaven are the heritage of all the saints. It is
delightful to reflect how close is Christ's union with his people. We
are actually one with him; we are members of his body; and his
exaltation is our exaltation. He will give us to sit upon his throne,
even as he has overcome, and is set down with his Father on his throne;
he has a crown, and he gives us crowns too; he has a throne, but he is
not content with having a throne to himself, on his right hand there
must be his queen, arrayed in "gold of Ophir." He cannot be glorified
without his bride. Look up, believer, to Jesus now; let the eye of your
faith behold him with many crowns upon his head; and remember that you
will one day be like him, when you shall see him as he is; you shall
not be so great as he is, you shall not be so divine, but still you
shall, in a measure, share the same honours, and enjoy the same
happiness and the same dignity which he possesses. Be content to live
unknown for a little while, and to walk your weary way through the
fields of poverty, or up the hills of affliction; for by-and-by you
shall reign with Christ, for he has "made us kings and priests unto
God, and we shall reign for ever and ever." Oh!, wonderful thought for
the children of God! We have Christ for our glorious representative in
heaven's courts now, and soon he will come and receive us to himself,
to be with him there, to behold his glory, and to share his joy.
EVENING:
"Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night."
-- Psalms 91:5
What is this terror? It may be the cry of fire, or the noise of
thieves, or fancied appearances, or the shriek of sudden sickness or
death. We live in the world of death and sorrow, we may therefore look
for ills as well in the night-watches as beneath the glare of the
broiling sun. Nor should this alarm us, for be the terror what it may,
the promise is that the believer shall not be afraid. Why should he?
Let us put it more closely, why should we? God our Father is here, and
will be here all through the lonely hours; he is an almighty Watcher, a
sleepless Guardian, a faithful Friend. Nothing can happen without his
direction, for even hell itself is under his control. Darkness is not
dark to him. He has promised to be a wall of fire around his people-and
who can break through such a barrier? Worldlings may well be afraid,
for they have an angry God above them, a guilty conscience within them,
and a yawning hell beneath them; but we who rest in Jesus are saved
from all these through rich mercy. If we give way to foolish fear we
shall dishonour our profession, and lead others to doubt the reality of
godliness. We ought to be afraid of being afraid, lest we should vex
the Holy Spirit by foolish distrust. Down, then, ye dismal forebodings
and groundless apprehensions, God has not forgotten to be gracious, nor
shut up his tender mercies; it may be night in the soul, but there need
be no terror, for the God of love changes not. Children of light may
walk in darkness, but they are not therefore cast away, nay, they are
now enabled to prove their adoption by trusting in their heavenly
Father as hypocrites cannot do.
"Though the night be dark and dreary,
Darkness cannot hide from thee;
Thou art he, who, never weary,
Watchest where thy people be."
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