September 22 Broad Rivers Without Galleys But there the glorious Lord will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby. (Isaiah 33:21) The Lord will be to us the greatest good without any of the drawbacks which seem necessarily to…
September 21 Let Trials Bless Knowing that tribulation worketh patience. (Romans 5:3) This is a promise in essence if not in form. We have need of patience, and here we see the way of getting it. It is only by enduring that we learn to endure, even as by swimming men learn to swim. You…
September 20 Perfect Willingness Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power. (Psalm 110:3) Blessed be the God of grace that it is so! He has a people whom He has chosen from of old to be His peculiar portion. These by nature have wills as stubborn as the rest of the…
September 19 The Reason for Singing The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. (Zephaniah 3:17) What a word is this! Jehovah God in the center of His people…
September 18 Complete Safety And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders. (Deuteronomy 33:12) Yes, there is no safety like that which comes of dwelling near to God. For His…
September 17 Like Palm and Cedar The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. (Psalm 92:12) These trees are not trained and pruned by man: palms and cedars are “trees of the Lord,” and it is by His care that they flourish. Even so it is with…
September 16 Reward Is Certain And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward. (Matthew 10:42) Well, I can do as much as that. I can do…
September 15 The Safest Shelter And a man shall be as an hiding-place from the wind and a covert from the tempest. (Isaiah 32:2) Who this Man is we all know. Who could He be but the Second Man, the Lord from heaven, the man of sorrows, the Son of Man? What a hiding place…
September 14 Mark of Divine Approval Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. (James 1:12) Yes, he is blessed while he is enduring the trial. No eye can see this till he has…
September 13 The Dew of Heaven His heavens shall drop down dew. (Deuteronomy 33:28) What the dew in the East is to the world of nature, that is the influence of the Spirit in the realm of grace. How greatly do I need it! Without the Spirit of God I am a dry and withered…