January 21 God’s Enemies Shall Bow The Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord. (Exodus 7:5) The ungodly world is hard to teach. Egypt does not know Jehovah and therefore dares to set up its idols and even ventures to ask, “Who is the Lord?” Yet the Lord means to break proud hearts, whether…
January 20 The Overcomer To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God. (Revelation 2:7) No man may turn his back in the day of battle or refuse to go to the holy war. We must fight if we would…
January 19 Mouth Confession; Heart Belief If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. (Romans 10:9) There must be confession with the mouth. Have I made it? Have I openly avowed my faith in Jesus…
January 18 Christ and His Children When thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed. (Isaiah 53:10) Our Lord Jesus has not died in vain. His death was sacrificial: He died as our substitute, because death was the penalty of our sins. Because His substitution was accepted of God,…
January 17 A Man Without Fear And he said, Certainly I will be with thee. (Exodus 3:12) Of course, if the Lord sent Moses on an errand, He would not let him go alone. The tremendous risk which it would involve and the great power it would require would render it ridiculous for God to…
January 16 Even the Faintest Call And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shalt be delivered. (Joel 2:32) Why do I not call on His name? Why do I run to this neighbor and that when God is so near and will hear my faintest call?…
January 15 Made Rich by Faith For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. (Psalm 9:18) Poverty is a hard heritage; but those who trust in the Lord are made rich by faith. They know that they are not forgotten of God, and though it…
January 14 Rest Is a Gift Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. (Matthew 11:28) We who are saved find rest in Jesus. Those who are not saved will receive rest if they come to Him, for here He promises to “give” it. Nothing can…
January 13 Never Cast Out Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. (John 6:37) Is there any instance of our Lord’s casting out a coming one? If there be so, we would like to know of it; but there has been none, and there never will be. Among the lost…
January 12 “Loved unto the End” For the Lord will not cast off for ever. (Lamentations 3:31) He may cast away for a season but not forever. A woman may leave off her ornaments for a few days, but she will not forget them or throw them upon the dunghill. It is not like the…