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Daily devotions for 01-18-2005:
Devotion: Morning and Evening
Morning Title: Eternal Sabbath
Evening Title: Jesus, Our Teacher and Lesson
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Morning: Eternal Sabbath
"There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God." --Hebrews 4:9
How different will be the state of the believer in heaven from what it is here!
Here he is born
to toil and suffer weariness, but in the land of the immortal, fatigue is never
known. Anxious to
serve his Master, he finds his strength unequal to his zeal: his constant cry
is, "Help me to
serve Thee, O my God." If he be thoroughly active, he will have much labour;
not too much
for his will, but more than enough for his power, so that he will cry out, "I
am not wearied of the labour, but I am wearied in it." Ah! Christian, the hot
day of weariness lasts not for ever; the sun is nearing the horizon; it shall
rise again with a brighter day than thou hast ever seen upon a land where they
serve God day and night, and yet rest from their labours.
Here, rest is but partial, there, it is perfect.
Here, the Christian is always unsettled; he feels that he has not yet attained.
There, all are at
rest; they have attained the summit of the mountain; they have ascended to the
bosom of their God. Higher they cannot go. Ah, toil-worn labourer, only think
when thou shalt rest for
ever! Canst thou conceive it? It is a rest eternal; a rest that "remaineth."
Here, my best
joys bear "mortal" on their brow; my fair flowers fade; my dainty cups are
drained to dregs; my
sweetest birds fall before Death's arrows; my most pleasant days are shadowed
into nights; and the flood-tides of my bliss subside into ebbs of sorrow; but
there, everything is immortal; the harp abides unrusted, the crown unwithered,
the eye undimmed, the voice unfaltering, the heart unwavering, and the immortal
being is wholly absorbed in infinite delight. Happy day! Happy when mortality
shall be swallowed up of life, and the Eternal Sabbath shall begin.
Evening: Jesus, Our Teacher and Lesson
"He expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself."
--Luke 24:27
The two disciples on the road to Emmaus had a most profitable journey. Their
companion and
teacher was the best of tutors; the interpreter one of a thousand, in whom are
hid all the
treasures of wisdom and knowledge. The Lord Jesus condescended to become a
preacher of the gospel, and He was not ashamed to exercise His calling before
an audience of two persons, neither does He now refuse to become the teacher of
even one.
Let us court the company of so excellent an Instructor, for till He is made
unto us wisdom we
shall never be wise unto salvation.
This unrivalled tutor used as His class-book the best of books. Although able
to reveal fresh
truth, He preferred to expound the old. He knew by His omniscience what was the
most instructive way of teaching, and by turning at once to Moses and the
prophets, He showed us that the surest road to wisdom is not speculation,
reasoning, or reading human books, but meditation upon the Word of God. The
readiest way to be spiritually rich in heavenly knowledge is to dig in this
mine of diamonds, to gather pearls from this heavenly sea. When Jesus Himself
sought to enrich others, He wrought in the quarry of Holy Scripture.
The favoured pair were led to consider the best of subjects, for Jesus spake of
Jesus, and expounded the things concerning Himself. Here the diamond cut the
diamond, and what could be more admirable? The Master of the House unlocked His
own doors, conducted the guests to His table, and placed His own dainties upon
it. He who hid the treasure in the field Himself guided the searchers to it.
Our Lord would naturally discourse upon the sweetest of topics, and He could
find none sweeter than His own person and work: with an eye to these we should
always search the Word. O for grace to study the Bible with Jesus as both our
teacher and our lesson!
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