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Peter
2:3
If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
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"If" - then, this is not a matter to
be taken for granted concerning every one of the human race.
"If" - then there is a possibility and a probability that some
may not have tasted that the Lord is gracious. "If" - then
this is not a general but a special mercy; and it is needful
to enquire whether we know the grace of God by inward
experience. There is no spiritual favour which may not be a
matter for heart-searching. But while this should be a matter
of earnest and prayerful inquiry, no one ought to be content
whilst there is any such thing as an "if" about his having
tasted that the Lord is gracious. A jealous and holy distrust
of self may give rise to the question even in the believer's
heart, but the continuance of such a doubt would be an evil
indeed. We must not rest without a desperate struggle to clasp
the Saviour in the arms of faith, and say, "I know whom I have
believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to keep that
which I have committed unto h im." Do not rest, O believer,
till thou hast a full assurance of thine interest in Jesus.
Let nothing satisfy thee till, by the infallible witness of
the Holy Spirit bearing witness with thy spirit, thou art
certified that thou art a child of God. Oh, trifle not here;
let no "perhaps" and "peradventure" and "if" and "maybe"
satisfy thy soul. Build on eternal verities, and verily build
upon them. Get the sure mercies of David, and surely get them.
Let thine anchor be cast into that which is within the veil,
and see to it that thy soul be linked to the anchor by a cable
that will not break. Advance beyond these dreary "ifs;" abide
no more in the wilderness of doubts and fears; cross the
Jordan of distrust, and enter the Canaan of peace, where the
Canaanite still lingers, but where the land ceaseth not to
flow with milk and honey.
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Genesis
42:2
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Famine pinched all the nations, and
it seemed inevitable that Jacob and his family should suffer
great want; but the God of providence, who never forgets the
objects of electing love, had stored a granary for His people
by giving the Egyptians warning of the scarcity, and leading
them to treasure up the grain of the years of plenty. Little
did Jacob expect deliverance from Egypt, but there was the
corn in store for him. Believer, though all things are
apparently against thee, rest assured that God has made a
reservation on thy behalf; in the roll of thy griefs there is
a saving clause. Somehow He will deliver thee, and somewhere
He will provide for thee. The quarter from which thy rescue
shall arise may be a very unexpected one, but help will
assuredly come in thine extremity, and thou shalt magnify the
name of the Lord. If men do not feed thee, ravens shall; and
if earth yield not wheat, heaven shall drop with manna.
Therefore be of good courage, and rest qu ietly in the Lord.
God can make the sun rise in the west if He pleases, and make
the source of distress the channel of delight. The corn in
Egypt was all in the hands of the beloved Joseph; he opened or
closed the granaries at will. And so the riches of providence
are all in the absolute power of our Lord Jesus, who will
dispense them liberally to His people. Joseph was abundantly
ready to succour his own family; and Jesus is unceasing in His
faithful care for His brethren. Our business is to go after
the help which is provided for us: we must not sit still in
despondency, but bestir ourselves. Prayer will bear us soon
into the presence of our royal Brother: once before His throne
we have only to ask and have: His stores are not exhausted;
there is corn still: His heart is not hard, He will give the
corn to us. Lord, forgive our unbelief, and this evening
constrain us to draw largely from Thy fulness and receive
grace for grace.
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