August 3 The Right to Holy Things But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat. (Leviticus 22:11) Strangers, sojourners, and servants upon hire were not to eat of holy things. It is so in…
August 2 Speak What He Teaches Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say. (Exodus 4:12) Many a true servant of the Lord is slow of speech, and when called upon to plead for his Lord, he is in great confusion lest he should spoil a…
August 1 Covenant Reaches Children And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. (Genesis 17:7) O Lord, Thou hast made a covenant with me, Thy servant, in Christ Jesus…
July 31 An Appeal; Deliverance And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. (Psalm 50:15) This is a promise indeed! Here is an urgent occasion—”the day of trouble.” It is dark at noon on such a day, and every hour seems blacker than the one…
July 30 Promise of Future Meeting I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice. (John 16:22) Surely He will come a second time, and then, when He sees us and we see Him, there will be rejoicings indeed. Oh, for that joyous return! But this promise is being daily fulfilled in another sense.…
July 29 He Routs Our Enemy He hath cast out thine enemy. (Zephaniah 3:15) What a casting out was that! Satan has lost his throne in our nature even as he lost his seat in heaven. Our Lord Jesus has destroyed the enemy’s reigning power over us. He may worry us, but he cannot claim…
July 28 Bow Down; Be Lifted Up Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time. (1 Peter 5:6) This is tantamount to a promise: if we will bow down, the Lord will lift us up. Humility leads to honor; submission is the way to exaltation. That…
July 27 More than Mere Words I will give you the sure mercies of David. (Acts 13:34) Nothing of man is sure; but everything of God is so. Especially are covenant mercies sure mercies, even as David said “an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things and sure.” We are sure that the Lord meant His…
July 26 A Change of Name And it shall be at that day, saith the Lord, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali; for I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name. (Hosea 2:16-17) That…
July 25 Nothing to Alarm Us But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days. (Daniel 12:13) We cannot understand all the prophecies, but yet we regard them with pleasure and not with dismay. There can be nothing in the…