Psalm 112:7.
The worst calamity is the wisest and the kindest
thing that could occur to me, if God ordains it.
“We know that all things work together
for good to those who love God.”
The Christian does not merely hold this as a
theory, but he knows it as a matter of fact.
Every thing has worked for good as yet– the
poisonous drugs that have been mixed in the
compound have nevertheless worked the cure.
The sharp cuts of the lancet have cleansed out
the proud flesh and facilitated the healing.
Every event as yet has worked out the most divinely
blessed results. And so, believing this– that God rules
it, that God rules wisely, that God brings good out of
evil, the believer’s heart is fixed and he is well prepared.
Here, bring me whatever cup you will, my Father fills
them all and I will drink them as He sends them, not
merely with resignation, but with sanctified delight.
Send me what You will, my God, so long as it comes
from You- never was that a bad portion which came
from Your table to any one of Your children.
My Father, write what You will concerning Your child,
I will not seek to pry between the folded leaves, but
I will patiently hope and quietly wait as leaf by leaf
is unfolded, knowing You are too wise to err and too
good to be unkind.
“I will help you, says the Lord.” Isaiah 41:14
Let us hear the Lord speak to each one of us–
I will help you. It is but a small thing for Me, your
God, to help you. Consider what I have done already.
What! not help you? Why, I bought you with My blood.
What! not help you? I have died for you; and if I have
done the greater, will I not do the less? Help you! I
have done more, and will do more– Before the world
began I chose you. I laid aside My glory and became
a man for you; I gave up My life for you; and if I did
all this, I will surely help you now. In helping you, I
am giving you what I have bought for you already.
If you had need of a thousand times as much help,
I would give it you; you require little compared with
what I am ready to give. It is much for you to need,
but it is nothing for me to bestow. ‘Help you?’ Fear not!
If there were an ant at the door of your granary asking for
help, it would not ruin you to give him a handful of your
wheat. And you are nothing but a tiny insect at the door
of My all-sufficiency. I will help you.
O my soul, is not this enough? Do you need more strength
than the omnipotence of the United Trinity? Do you need
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 here your empty pitcher!
Surely this well will fill it.
Hasten, gather up your needs, and bring them here —
your emptiness, your woes, your poverty.
Behold, this river of God is full for your supply!
What can you desire beside?
Go forth, my soul, in this your might.
The Eternal God is your helper!
“It is a grievous token of hardness of heart when we can live
contentedly without the present enjoyment of the Savior’s face.”
-Spurgeon
Too wise to err and too good to be unkind! C.H. Spurgeon
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