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Daily Light's Evening Reading
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding.—PROV. 14:29.
The Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering.—The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Be ye . . . followers of God, as dear children; and walk in love.—The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.—This is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. If, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. Christ . . . suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously.
Be ye angry, and sin not.
Exo. 34:6. –II Pet. 3:9.Eph. 5:1. -Gal. 5:22,23. -I Pet. 2:19-21,23.Eph. 4:26.
Spurgeon's Evening Reading
“How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God.”
Psalm 139:17
Divine omniscience affords no comfort to the ungodly mind, but to the child of God it overflows with consolation. God is always thinking upon us, never turns aside his mind from us, has us always before his eyes; and this is precisely as we would have it, for it would be dreadful to exist for a moment beyond the observation of our heavenly Father. His thoughts are always tender, loving, wise, prudent, far-reaching, and they bring to us countless benefits: hence it is a choice delight to remember them. The Lord always did think upon his people: hence their election and the covenant of grace by which their salvation is secured; he always will think upon them: hence their final perseverance by which they shall be brought safely to their final rest. In all our wanderings the watchful glance of the Eternal Watcher is evermore fixed upon us—we never roam beyond the Shepherd’s eye. In our sorrows he observes us incessantly, and not a pang escapes him; in our toils he marks all our weariness, and writes in his book all the struggles of his faithful ones. These thoughts of the Lord encompass us in all our paths, and penetrate the innermost region of our being. Not a nerve or tissue, valve or vessel, of our bodily organization is uncared for; all the littles of our little world are thought upon by the great God.
Dear reader, is this precious to you? then hold to it. Never be led astray by those philosophic fools who preach up an impersonal God, and talk of self-existent, self-governing matter. The Lord liveth and thinketh upon us, this is a truth far too precious for us to be lightly robbed of it. The notice of a nobleman is valued so highly that he who has it counts his fortune made; but what is it to be thought of by the King of kings! If the Lord thinketh upon us, all is well, and we may rejoice evermore.
Old Testament Chapter a Day - Job 13
13. Job Replies
13
“Look, my eye has seen all this,
my ear has heard and understood it.
2
What you know, I also know;
I am not inferior to you.
3
But I would speak to the Almighty,
and I desire to argue my case with God.
4
As for you, you whitewash with lies;
all of you are worthless physicians.
5
If you would only keep silent,
that would be your wisdom!
6
Hear now my reasoning,
and listen to the pleadings of my lips.
7
Will you speak falsely for God,
and speak deceitfully for him?
8
Will you show partiality toward him,
will you plead the case for God?
9
Will it be well with you when he searches you out?
Or can you deceive him, as one person deceives another?
10
He will surely rebuke you
if in secret you show partiality.
11
Will not his majesty terrify you,
and the dread of him fall upon you?
12
Your maxims are proverbs of ashes,
your defenses are defenses of clay.
13
“Let me have silence, and I will speak,
and let come on me what may.
14
I will take my flesh in my teeth,
and put my life in my hand.
15
See, he will kill me; I have no hope;
but I will defend my ways to his face.
16
This will be my salvation,
that the godless shall not come before him.
17
Listen carefully to my words,
and let my declaration be in your ears.
18
I have indeed prepared my case;
I know that I shall be vindicated.
19
Who is there that will contend with me?
For then I would be silent and die.
Job’s Despondent Prayer
20
Only grant two things to me,
then I will not hide myself from your face:
21
withdraw your hand far from me,
and do not let dread of you terrify me.
22
Then call, and I will answer;
or let me speak, and you reply to me.
23
How many are my iniquities and my sins?
Make me know my transgression and my sin.
24
Why do you hide your face,
and count me as your enemy?
25
Will you frighten a windblown leaf
and pursue dry chaff?
26
For you write bitter things against me,
and make me reap the iniquities of my youth.
27
You put my feet in the stocks,
and watch all my paths;
you set a bound to the soles of my feet.
28
One wastes away like a rotten thing,
like a garment that is moth-eaten.
New Testament in Four Years - 1 Peter 1:13-16
1. Praise to God for a Living Hope
A Call to Holy Living
13 Therefore prepare your minds for action; discipline yourselves; set all your hope on the grace that Jesus Christ will bring you when he is revealed.14Like obedient children, do not be conformed to the desires that you formerly had in ignorance.15Instead, as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in all your conduct;16for it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”
Psalm a Day - Psalm 89:30-52
89. Psalm 89
30
If his children forsake my law
and do not walk according to my ordinances,
31
if they violate my statutes
and do not keep my commandments,
32
then I will punish their transgression with the rod
and their iniquity with scourges;
33
but I will not remove from him my steadfast love,
or be false to my faithfulness.
34
I will not violate my covenant,
or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
35
Once and for all I have sworn by my holiness;
I will not lie to David.
36
His line shall continue forever,
and his throne endure before me like the sun.
37
It shall be established forever like the moon,
an enduring witness in the skies.”Selah
38
But now you have spurned and rejected him;
you are full of wrath against your anointed.
39
You have renounced the covenant with your servant;
you have defiled his crown in the dust.
40
You have broken through all his walls;
you have laid his strongholds in ruins.
41
All who pass by plunder him;
he has become the scorn of his neighbors.
42
You have exalted the right hand of his foes;
you have made all his enemies rejoice.
43
Moreover, you have turned back the edge of his sword,
and you have not supported him in battle.
44
You have removed the scepter from his hand,
and hurled his throne to the ground.
45
You have cut short the days of his youth;
you have covered him with shame.Selah
46
How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?
How long will your wrath burn like fire?
47
Remember how short my time is—
for what vanity you have created all mortals!
48
Who can live and never see death?
Who can escape the power of Sheol?Selah
49
Lord, where is your steadfast love of old,
which by your faithfulness you swore to David?
50
Remember, O Lord, how your servant is taunted;
how I bear in my bosom the insults of the peoples,
51
with which your enemies taunt, O Lord,
with which they taunted the footsteps of your anointed.
52
Blessed be the Lord forever.
Amen and Amen.