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AUGUST 14 The Source of Comfort “ Thou shalt . . . comfort me on every side" (Psa. 71:21). All consolation belongs to G od .. He has all comfort in His own power and disposal. . . . . It is possible for a man to give an other man riches, but he cannot give him comfort. . . . W e can procure our own sorrow quickly, but God only makes us to rejoice. Our relief from outward afflictions or inward griefs is the gift of God. _He only can comfort us in outward afflictions who can command the creature; and He only can comfort us against our inward griefs who can convince the conscience. . . . . The Hebrew word “ comfort,” used in divers places in the Old Testament, is “to speak to the heart.” Now God only can speak to the heart. Man can speak to the ear, but he can go no further. There fore the act and art o f comforting belong properly to God. “My God is my Guide: Thy mercies abound, On every side they compass me round.” — C aryl . AUGUST IS The Sacredness of Duty “Be carefut for nothing" (Phil. 4:6). The man who recognizes at all what life is, and who has let into his soul in the least degree the awful sacredness o f duty, cannot possibly, of himself, be careful about nothing. In fact, looking at life from that point of view, . . . the more a man has insight into the awful sacredness of duty, down to the small things o f life and up to the largest, the more he realizes that, the more he must feel, “ I cannot help being anxious; I cannot help perplexity. How am I, being what I am, to meet this, being what it is ?” . . . Let us have, by the grace of God, a light heart in HIS sense, but, in the human sense, may it be a graver purpose and a keener insight of what it means to do right, even to the end. -—H andley C. G. M oule . AUGUST 16 Gathered to a Person "Oh that men would praise the Lord . . . . For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness” (Psa. 107:8, 9). We gather not unto a place, but unto a Person, for in Jesus Christ the Name of God is to us fully and finally revealed. Thus gathered together, we have a right to expect special blessing, for God says to us, “Gather the people together, and I
will give them water.” You see where the blessing is to come from. It is all from God. “I will pour water upon him that is thirsty.” . . It is God who begins every work of grace, and it is God that continues and brings to fruition every work o f Christ.—S. W ebster . Have you experienced any refreshing from the presence of the Lord today? Has there been given to you any new measure o f grace, any renewal o f strength, any new delight in promises fulfilled? Is it not true that the Lord has satisfied your every longing, has met your every need? Then why not praise Him—now? — S elected . AUGUST 17 Righteousness and Peace “ The work o f righteousness shall be Peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance for ever ” (Isa. 32:17). Holiness has been well described by one great writer as being distinguished from righteousness in this w ay: Righteousness, he says, is the actual condition or position established with regard to the soul before Almighty God, and this affects men in their prospects concerning their ultimate life and in their attitude toward one another. But holiness, he says, is the measure in which righteousness is apprehended for enjoy ment, and for the exhibition of the charac teristics that flow therefrom in the daily life for all time to come. — W ebb -P eploe . The righteousness o f the saint is Jesus Christ, “who o f God is made unto us . . . righteousness.” The work of righteousness is peace, and the effect of righteousness, quietness. Any unrest or disquietude of spirit or mind, then, results from a fail ure to appropriate >Jesus Christ, our Righteousness- A continual acceptance of His righteousness means a constant pos session o f that peace which reigns in mind and heart, manifesting to an observant world the power and grace of God. And this condition is the right, “the heritage of the servants o f the Lord.” A quiet spirit is a source of strength; why, therefore, be weak ? — S elected . AUGUST 18 God’s Say-so “He hath said . . . So that we may boldly say. . . .” (Heb. 13:5, 6). My say-so is to be built bn God’s say-so. God says: “ I will never leave thee.” Then I can with good courage say: “The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear.” I will
not be haunted by apprehension . This does not mean that I will not be tempted to fear, but I will remember God’s say-so, . . Faith in many a one falters when the ap prehensions come; they forget the meaning of God’s say-so, forget to take a deep breath, spiritually. . . . Are you learning to say things after listening to God, or are you saying things and trying to make God’s word fit in? Get hold o f the Father’s say- so, and then say with good courage: “I will not fear.” It does not matter what evil or wrong may be in the way; He has said: “ I will never leave thee.” —My Utmost for His Highest . AUGUST 19 Blessings in Disguise “And the God of all grace,. .. after that ye have suffered a little while, shall him self perfect, establish, strengthen you" (1 Pet. 5:10, R .V .). I have been through the valley o f weeping, The valley o f sorrow and pain; But the “God of all comfort” was with me, At hand to uphold and sustain. Well He knows that affliction is needed; He has a wise purpose in view; And in the dark valley He whispers, “ Hereafter thou’lt know what I do.” As we travel through life’s shadowed val ley, Fresh springs o f His love ever rise, And we learn that our sorrows and losses Are blessings just sent in disguise. —F. B. AUGUST 20 The Good Land and the Giants "The land, . . . surely it floweth with milk and honey; . . . nevertheless . . . we saw the children of Anak there” (Num. 1T:27, 28). Embedded in, this narrative you have one o f the great facts in a life of faith in God, and it is this: When God is leading your faith into any blessing, you have always to see two things—the good land and the giants. . . . This is the law o f faith, that when God sets the promised blessing before me, I must see enough o f the difficulties to make me realize that if it were not for His promise, I should never get it. It is so good to learn this lesson; and when God is leading us into any Promised Land, di rectly a giant’s head appears, to say, “ Praise the Lord! the giant is there, but the promise is there also.” . . . What won ders God will do when we unreservedly trust H im !—C. G. M oore . AUGUST 21 The Spirit of Elijah’s Prayer “ Where is the Lord God o f Elijah?" (2 Ki. 2:14). This question reminds me of Elijah’s mighty power in prayer. . . . Do not some o f you say, “Would G od'I had his power in prayer! How am I to get it?” Why, where he got it—Of his God. The Lord God of Elijah can help you to pray prayers like his; and if He does, He will give you answers like his. It may be that you have nothing to do with bringing or withholding rain, but you may have something to do with things quite as important, that shall touch the inward lives of men, and shall bring them food from heaven, and the ben ediction and bedewing o f the Holy Ghost. Get you to your G od ; lay hold upon Him by a brave and daring faith. Fall flat upon the promises, and then pray straight up to the God who gave them, and so shall you get the blessing that you desire. —C. H. S purgeon .
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