February 8 Joyful Security I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. (Isaiah 41:10) Fear of falling is wholesome. To be venturesome is no sign of wisdom. Times come to us when we feel that we must go down unless we have a very special support. Here we have it. God’s right…
February 7 Return from Backsliding If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up. (Job 22:23) Eliphaz, in this utterance, spoke a great truth, which is the summary of many an inspired Scripture. Reader, has sin pulled you down? Have you become like a ruin? Has the hand of the Lord gone out…
February 6 Blessing in the City If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, blessed shalt thou be in the city. (Deuteronomy 28:2-3) The city is full of care, and he who has to go there from day to day finds it to be a place of great wear and tear.…
February 5 Justice Satisfied When I see the blood, I will pass over you. (Exodus 12:13) My own sight of the precious blood is for my comfort; but it is the Lord’s sight of it which secures my safety. Even when I am unable to behold it, the Lord looks at it and passes over…
February 4 He Will Return I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. (John 14:18) He left us, and yet we are not left orphans. He is our comfort, and He is gone; but we are not comfortless. Our comfort is that He will come to us, and this is consolation enough…
February 3 He Freely Gives He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? (Romans 8:32) If this is not a promise in form, it is in fact. Indeed, it is more than one promise, it is a…
February 2 Grow Up And ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. (Malachi 4:2) Yes, when the sun shines, the sick quit their chambers and walk abroad to breathe the fresh air. When the sun brings spring and summer, the cattle quit their stalls and seek pasture on the higher…
February 1 Never Despair But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings. (Malachi 4.2) Fulfilled once in the first advent of our glorious Lord, and yet to have a fuller accomplishment in His second advent, this gracious word is also for daily use. Is it…