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Daily devotions for 01-15-2005:
Devotion: Morning and Evening
Morning Title: All He Has Said
Evening Title: Given to Prayer
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Morning: All He Has Said
"Do as thou hast said." --2 Samuel 7:25
God's promises were never meant to be thrown aside as waste paper; He intended
that they
should be used. God's gold is not miser's money, but is minted to be traded
with. Nothing pleases our Lord better than to see His promises put in
circulation; He loves to see His children bring them up to Him, and say, "Lord,
do as Thou hast said." We glorify God when we plead His promises.
Do you think that God will be any the poorer for giving you the riches He has
promised? Do you dream that He will be any the less holy for giving holiness to
you? Do you imagine He will be any the less pure for washing you from your sins?
He has said "Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your
sins be as
scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they
shall be as wool."
Faith lays hold upon the promise of pardon, and it does not delay, saying,
"This is a precious
promise, I wonder if it be true?" but it goes straight to the throne with it,
andpleads, "Lord,
here is the promise, 'Do as Thou hast said.'" Our Lord replies, "Be it unto
thee even as thou
wilt."
When a Christian grasps a promise, if he do not take it to God, he dishonours
Him; but when he hastens to the throne of grace, and cries, "Lord, I have
nothing to recommend me but this, 'Thou hast said it;'" then his desire shall
be granted.
Our heavenly Banker delights to cash His own notes. Never let the promise rust.
Draw the word of promise out of its scabbard, and use it with holy violence.
Think not that God will be troubled by your importunately reminding Him of His
promises. He loves to hear the loud outcries of needy souls. It is His delight
to bestow favours. He is more ready to hear than you are to ask. The sun is not
weary of shining, nor the fountain of flowing. It is God's nature to keep His
promises; therefore go at once to the throne with "Do as Thou hast said."
Evening: Given to Prayer
"But I give myself unto prayer." --Psalm 109:4
Lying tongues were busy against the reputation of David, but he did not defend
himself; he moved the case into a higher court, and pleaded before the great
King Himself. Prayer is the safest method of replying to words of hatred. The
Psalmist prayed in no cold-hearted manner, he gave himself to the
exercise--threw his whole soul and heart into it--straining every sinew and
muscle, as Jacob did when wrestling with the angel. Thus, and thus only, shall
any of us speed at the throne of grace. As a shadow has no power because there
is no substance in it, even so that supplication, in which a man's proper self
is not thoroughly present in agonizing earnestness and vehement desire, is
utterly ineffectual, for it lacks that which would give it force. "Fervent
prayer," says an old divine, "like a cannon planted at the gates of heaven,
makes them fly open." The common fault with the most of us is our readiness to
yield to distractions. Our thoughts go roving hither and thither, and we make
little progress towards our desired end.
Like quicksilver our mind will not hold together, but rolls off this way and
that. How great an
evil this is! It injures us, and what is worse, it insults our God. What should
we think of a
petitioner, if, while having an audience with a prince, he should be playing
with a feather or
catching a fly?
Continuance and perseverance are intended in the expression of our text. David
did not cry once, and then relapse into silence; his holy clamour was continued
till it brought down the blessing.
Prayer must not be our chance work, but our daily business, our habit and
vocation. As artists give themselves to their models, and poets to their
classical pursuits, so must we addict ourselves to prayer. We must be immersed
in prayer as in our element, and so pray without ceasing. Lord, teach us so to
pray that we may be more and more prevalent in supplication.
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Daily devotions for 01-16-2005:
Devotion: Morning and Evening
Morning Title: He Helps Us
Evening Title: All For Us
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Morning: He Helps Us
"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: All For Us
"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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