August 21 Night of Weeping; Joyous Day For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favor is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. (Psalm 30:5) A moment under our Father’s anger seems very long, and yet it is but a moment after all. If we grieve His…
August 20 Deliverance Not Limited He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. (Job 5:19) Eliphaz in this spoke the truth of God. We may have as many troubles as the workdays of the week, but the God who worked on those six days will work for…
August 19 Reward for the Righteous So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. (Psalm 58:11) God’s judgments in this life are not always clearly to be seen, for in many cases one event happeneth alike to all. This…
August 18 Seekers, Finders If thou seek him, he will be found of thee. (1 Chronicles 28:9) We need our God; He is to be had for the seeking, and He will not deny Himself to any one of us if we personally seek His face. It is not if thou deserve Him, or purchase…
August 17 Who Has the Majority? And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them. (2 Kings 6:16) Horses and chariots and a great host shut up the prophet in Dothan. His young servant was alarmed. How could they escape from such a body of…
August 16 Uncover and Confess Sin He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. (Proverbs 28:13) Here is the way of mercy for a guilty and repenting sinner. He must cease from the habit of covering sin. This is attempted by falsehood, which denies sin; by…
August 15 A Name Guarantee And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son, (John 14:13) It is not every believer who has yet learned to pray in Christ’s name. To ask not only for His sake, but in His name, as authorized…
August 14 Child Chastisement Not Forever And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever. (1 Kings 11:39) In the family of grace there is discipline, and that discipline is severe enough to make it an evil and a bitter thing to sin. Solomon, turned aside by his foreign wives,…
August 13 Before and During the Call It shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. (Isaiah 65:24) Quick work this! The Lord hears us before we call and often answers us in the same speedy manner. Foreseeing our needs and our prayers,…
August 12 Light in Darkness For thou art my lamp, O Lord: and the Lord will lighten my darkness. (2 Samuel 22:29) Am I in the light? Then Thou, O Lord, art my lamp. Take Thee away and my joy would be gone; but as long as Thou art with me, I can do without…