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Daily devotions for 02-07-2005:
Devotion: Morning and Evening
Morning Title: The Final Journey
Evening Title: The Invitation
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Morning: The Final Journey
"Arise, and depart." --Micah 2:10
The hour is approaching when the message will come to us, as it comes to
all--"Arise, and go
forth from the home in which thou hast dwelt, from the city in which thou hast
done thy
business, from thy family, from thy friends.
Arise, and take thy last journey." And what know we of the journey? And what
know we of the
country to which we are bound? A little we have read thereof, and somewhat has
been revealed to us by the Spirit; but how little do we know of the realms of
the future! We know that there is a black and stormy river called "Death." God
bids us cross it, promising to be with us. And, after death, what cometh? What
wonder-world will open upon our astonished sight? What scene of glory will be
unfolded to our view? No traveller has ever returned to tell. But we know
enough of the heavenly land to make us welcome our summons thither with joy and
gladness.
The journey of death may be dark, but we may go forth on it fearlessly, knowing
that God is with us as we walk through the gloomy valley, and therefore we need
fear no evil. We shall be
departing from all we have known and loved here, but we shall be going to our
Father's house--to our Father's home, where Jesus is--to that royal "city which
hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God." This shall be our last
removal, to dwell for ever with Him we love, in the midst of His people, in the
presence of God. Christian, meditate much on heaven, it will help thee to press
on, and to forget the toil of the way. This vale of tears is but the pathway to
the better country: this world of woe is but the stepping-stone to a world of
bliss.
"Prepare us, Lord, by grace divine,
For Thy bright courts on high;
Then bid our spirits rise, and join
The chorus of the sky."
Evening: The Invitation
"And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither."
--Revelation 11:12
Without considering these words in their prophetical connection, let us regard
them as the
invitation of our great Forerunner to His sanctified people. In due time there
shall be heard "a great voice from heaven" to every believer, saying, "Come up
hither." This should be to the saints the subject of joyful anticipation.
Instead of dreading the time when
we shall leave this world to go unto the Father, we should be panting for the
hour of our
emancipation. Our song should be--
"My heart is with Him on His throne,
And ill can brook delay;
Each moment listening for the voice,
'Rise up and come away.'"
We are not called down to the grave, but up to the skies. Our heaven-born
spirits should long
for their native air. Yet should the celestial summons be the object of patient
waiting. Our God
knows best when to bid us "Come up thither." We must not wish to antedate the
period of our
departure. I know that strong love will make us cry,
"O Lord of Hosts, the waves divide,
And land us all in heaven;"
but patience must have her perfect work. God ordains with accurate wisdom the
most fitting
time for the redeemed to abide below. Surely, if there could be regrets in
heaven, the saints
might mourn that they did not live longer here to do more good. Oh, for more
sheaves for my Lord's garner! more jewels for His crown! But how, unless there
be more work? True, there is the other side of it, that, living so briefly, our
sins are the fewer; but oh! when we are fully
serving God, and He is giving us to scatter precious seed, and reap a
hundredfold, we would
even say it is well for us to abide where we are.
Whether our Master shall say "go," or "stay," let us be equally well pleased so
long as He indulges us with His presence.
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