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…
July 24 Perfect Purity He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment. (Revelation 3:5) Warrior of the cross, fight on! Never rest till thy victory is complete, for thine eternal reward will prove worthy of a life of warfare. See, here is perfect purity for thee! A few in Sardis kept their…
July 23 Absolutely No Remembrance And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. (Hebrews 10:17) According to this gracious covenant the Lord treats His people as if they had never sinned. Practically, He forgets all their trespasses. Sins of all kinds He treats as if they had never been, as if they were…
July 22 An Eternal Pledge And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in loving kindness, and in mercies. I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness; and thou shalt know the Lord. (Hosea 2:19-20) Betrothment unto the Lord! What…