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The Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken.—GEN. 21:1.
Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us.—David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.—God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.—I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.—There failed not ought of any good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel: all came to pass.
He is faithful that promised.—Hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?—Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away—The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Psa. 62:8. -I Sam. 30:6. -Gen. 50:24. -Acts. 7:34,36. -Josh. 21:45.Heb. 10:23. -Num. 23:19. -Matt. 24:35. -Isa. 40:8.
Spurgeon's Morning Reading
“And because of all this we make a sure covenant.”
Nehemiah 9:38
There are many occasions in our experience when we may very rightly, and with benefit, renew our covenant with God. After recovery from sickness when, like Hezekiah, we have had a new term of years added to our life, we may fitly do it. After any deliverance from trouble, when our joys bud forth anew, let us again visit the foot of the cross, and renew our consecration. Especially, let us do this after any sin which has grieved the Holy Spirit, or brought dishonour upon the cause of God; let us then look to that blood which can make us whiter than snow, and again offer ourselves unto the Lord. We should not only let our troubles confirm our dedication to God, but our prosperity should do the same. If we ever meet with occasions which deserve to be called “crowning mercies” then, surely, if he hath crowned us, we ought also to crown our God; let us bring forth anew all the jewels of the divine regalia which have been stored in the jewel-closet of our heart, and let our God sit upon the throne of our love, arrayed in royal apparel. If we would learn to profit by our prosperity, we should not need so much adversity. If we would gather from a kiss all the good it might confer upon us, we should not so often smart under the rod. Have we lately received some blessing which we little expected? Has the Lord put our feet in a large room? Can we sing of mercies multiplied? Then this is the day to put our hand upon the horns of the altar, and say, “Bind me here, my God; bind me here with cords, even forever.” Inasmuch as we need the fulfilment of new promises from God, let us offer renewed prayers that our old vows may not be dishonoured. Let us this morning make with him a sure covenant, because of the pains of Jesus which for the last month we have been considering with gratitude.
Old Testament Chapter a Day - Job 7
7. Job Speaks
Job: My Suffering Is without End
7
“Do not human beings have a hard service on earth,
and are not their days like the days of a laborer?
2
Like a slave who longs for the shadow,
and like laborers who look for their wages,
3
so I am allotted months of emptiness,
and nights of misery are apportioned to me.
4
When I lie down I say, ‘When shall I rise?’
But the night is long,
and I am full of tossing until dawn.
5
My flesh is clothed with worms and dirt;
my skin hardens, then breaks out again.
6
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,
and come to their end without hope.
7
“Remember that my life is a breath;
my eye will never again see good.
8
The eye that beholds me will see me no more;
while your eyes are upon me, I shall be gone.
9
As the cloud fades and vanishes,
so those who go down to Sheol do not come up;
10
they return no more to their houses,
nor do their places know them any more.
11
“Therefore I will not restrain my mouth;
I will speak in the anguish of my spirit;
I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
12
Am I the Sea, or the Dragon,
that you set a guard over me?
13
When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me,
my couch will ease my complaint,’
14
then you scare me with dreams
and terrify me with visions,
15
so that I would choose strangling
and death rather than this body.
16
I loathe my life; I would not live forever.
Let me alone, for my days are a breath.
17
What are human beings, that you make so much of them,
that you set your mind on them,
18
visit them every morning,
test them every moment?
19
Will you not look away from me for a while,
let me alone until I swallow my spittle?
20
If I sin, what do I do to you, you watcher of humanity?
Why have you made me your target?
Why have I become a burden to you?
21
Why do you not pardon my transgression
and take away my iniquity?
For now I shall lie in the earth;
you will seek me, but I shall not be.”
New Testament in Four Years - James 5:1-6
5. Patience in Suffering
Warning to Rich Oppressors
5
Come now, you rich people, weep and wail for the miseries that are coming to you.2Your riches have rotted, and your clothes are moth-eaten.3Your gold and silver have rusted, and their rust will be evidence against you, and it will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure for the last days.4Listen! The wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.5You have lived on the earth in luxury and in pleasure; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.6You have condemned and murdered the righteous one, who does not resist you.
Psalm a Day - Psalm 84
84. Psalm 84
Psalm 84
The Joy of Worship in the Temple
To the leader: according to The Gittith. Of the Korahites. A Psalm.
1
How lovely is your dwelling place,
O Lord of hosts!
2
My soul longs, indeed it faints
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and my flesh sing for joy
to the living God.
3
Even the sparrow finds a home,
and the swallow a nest for herself,
where she may lay her young,
at your altars, O Lord of hosts,
my King and my God.
4
Happy are those who live in your house,
ever singing your praise.Selah
5
Happy are those whose strength is in you,
in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
6
As they go through the valley of Baca
they make it a place of springs;
the early rain also covers it with pools.
7
They go from strength to strength;
the God of gods will be seen in Zion.
8
O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;
give ear, O God of Jacob!Selah
9
Behold our shield, O God;
look on the face of your anointed.
10
For a day in your courts is better
than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
than live in the tents of wickedness.
11
For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
he bestows favor and honor.
No good thing does the Lord withhold
from those who walk uprightly.
12
O Lord of hosts,
happy is everyone who trusts in you.