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Daily Light's Evening Reading
The eyes of all wait upon thee.—PSA. 145:15.
He giveth to all life, and breath, and all things.—The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.—Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them.
The same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.—Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God.
The Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.—And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.—If we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
Acts 17:25. -Psa. 145:9. -Matt. 6:26.Rom. 10:12.Psa. 121:1. -Psa. 123:2.Isa. 30:18. -Isa. 25:9. -Rom. 8:25.
Spurgeon's Evening Reading
“The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land.”
Song of Solomon 2:12
Sweet is the season of spring: the long and dreary winter helps us to appreciate its genial warmth, and its promise of summer enhances its present delights. After periods of depression of spirit, it is delightful to behold again the light of the Sun of Righteousness; then our slumbering graces rise from their lethargy, like the crocus and the daffodil from their beds of earth; then is our heart made merry with delicious notes of gratitude, far more melodious than the warbling of birds—and the comforting assurance of peace, infinitely more delightful than the turtle’s note, is heard within the soul. Now is the time for the soul to seek communion with her Beloved; now must she rise from her native sordidness, and come away from her old associations. If we do not hoist the sail when the breeze is favourable, we shall be blameworthy: times of refreshing ought not to pass over us unimproved. When Jesus himself visits us in tenderness, and entreats us to arise, can we be so base as to refuse his request? He has himself risen that he may draw us after him: he now by his Holy Spirit has revived us, that we may, in newness of life, ascend into the heavenlies, and hold communion with himself. Let our wintry state suffice us for coldness and indifference; when the Lord creates a spring within, let our sap flow with vigour, and our branch blossom with high resolve. O Lord, if it be not spring time in my chilly heart, I pray thee make it so, for I am heartily weary of living at a distance from thee. Oh! the long and dreary winter, when wilt thou bring it to an end? Come, Holy Spirit, and renew my soul! quicken thou me! restore me, and have mercy on me! This very night I would earnestly implore the Lord to take pity upon his servant, and send me a happy revival of spiritual life!
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.