Posts from September 2023

Patience and Faith Here is the patience and faith of the saints. Revelation 13:10 There are those who cry, “How long?” who find it hard to exercise patience anymore. But it is significant that right at the start of this book which deals with judgement, John should describe himself as “your brother and partaken with you in tribulation and kingdom and patience which are in Jesus.” This book of Revelation brings us to the point where God at length sets…

Look What The Lord Has Done! When Israel came out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language, Judah became His sanctuary, And Israel His dominion. The [Red] Sea looked and fled; The Jordan turned back. The mountains leaped like rams, The [little] hills, like lambs. What ails you, O sea, that you flee? O Jordan, that you turn back? O mountains, that you leap like rams, O [little] hills, like lambs? Tremble, O earth, at…

Finish Well The path of the righteous is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. Proverbs 4:18 In spite of the examples of Solomon and several other kings, we need not assume that a man’s last days should be days of spiritual decline. Think of Jacob after his return to Canaan. He who had always been so restless settled down quietly in the land. There, in the sphere of his own family, he underwent…

High And Low Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)Praise, O servants of the Lord,Praise the name of the Lord. Blessed be the name of the Lord From this time forth and forever. From the rising of the sun to its setting The name of the Lord is to be praised [with awe-inspired reverence]. The Lord is high above all nations, And His glory above the heavens. Who is like the Lord our God,Who is enthroned on high, Who humbles Himself to regard…

The Good Life Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who fears the Lord [with awe-inspired reverence and worships Him with obedience],Who delights greatly in His commandments. His descendants will be mighty on earth;The generation of the upright will be blessed. Wealth and riches are in his house,And his righteousness endures forever. Light arises in the darkness for the upright;He is gracious and compassionate and righteous (upright—in right standing with God). It is well…

Treasure In My Heart I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling where with ye were called. Ephesians 4:1 Has it dawned upon me yet that the Spirit of God within me is a Person? I am but an earthen vessel, but in that vessel I carry the treasure of unspeakable worth, even the Lord of glory. All the worry and fret of God’s children would end if their eyes were opened to…

How Big Is God? Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart,In the company of the upright and in the congregation. Great are the works of the Lord,Studied by all those who delight in them. Splendid and majestic is His work,And His righteousness endures forever. He has made His wonderful acts to be remembered;The Lord is gracious and merciful and full of loving compassion. He has given food to those who fear Him [with…

Life In The Son This life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath the life. 1 John 5:11 It is a blessed thing to discover the difference between Christian graces and Christ: to know the difference between meekness and Christ, between patience and Christ, between love and Christ. God will not give me humility or patience or holiness or love as separate gifts of his grace. He is not a retailer dispensing grace to us in packets,…

Highest Honor The Lord (Father) says to my Lord (the Messiah, His Son),“Sit at My right handUntil I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet [subjugating them into complete submission].” The Lord will send the scepter of Your strength from Zion, saying,“Rule in the midst of Your enemies.” Your people will offer themselves willingly [to participate in Your battle] in the day of Your power;In the splendor of holiness, from the womb of the dawn,Your young men are to…

Tempting Or Testing? Jesus said unto him, Again it is written, Thou shall not tempt the Lord thy God. Matthew 4:7 There is a world of difference between tempting God and putting him to the test. The former is forbidden, the latter welcomed. On the surface the two things may appear the same, but they are not. What distinguishes them is a knowledge of God’s will communicated through his Word. Israel and the Egyptians afford an example of this. By…