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Daily devotions for 11-11-2004:
Devotion: Morning and Evening
Morning Title: The Everlasting Arms
Evening Title: He Ordains the Best
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Morning: The Everlasting Arms
"Underneath are the everlasting arms." --Deuteronomy 33:27
God--the eternal God--is Himself our support at all times, and especially when
we are sinking in deep trouble. There are seasons when the Christian sinks very
low in humiliation. Under a deep sense of his great sinfulness, he is humbled
before God till he scarcely knows how to pray, because he appears, in his own
sight, so worthless. Well, child of God, remember that when thou art at thy
worst and lowest, yet "underneath" thee "are everlasting arms." Sin may
drag thee ever so low, but Christ's great atonement is still under all. You may
have
descended into the deeps, but you cannot have fallen so low as "the uttermost";
and to the
uttermost He saves. Again, the Christian sometimes sinks very deeply in sore
trial from
without. Every earthly prop is cut away. What then? Still underneath him are
"the everlasting
arms.7quot; He cannot fall so deep in distress and affliction but what the
covenant grace of an
ever-faithful God will still encircle him. The Christian may be sinking under
trouble from within through fierce conflict, but even then he cannot be brought
so low as to be beyond the
reach of the "everlasting arms"--they are underneath him; and, while thus
sustained, all
Satan's efforts to harm him avail nothing.
This assurance of support is a comfort to any weary but earnest worker in the
service of God.
It implies a promise of strength for each day, grace for each need, and power
for each duty.
And, further, when death comes, the promise shall still hold good. When we
stand in the midst of Jordan, we shall be able to say with David, "I will fear
no evil, for Thou art with me." We shall descend into the grave, but we shall
go no lower, for the eternal arms prevent our further fall. All through life,
and at its close, we shall be upheld by the "everlasting arms"--arms
that neither flag nor lose their strength, for "the everlasting God fainteth
not, neither is weary."
Evening: He Ordains the Best
"He shall choose our inheritance for us." --Psalm 47:4
Believer, if your inheritance be a lowly one you should be satisfied with your
earthly portion;
for you may rest assured that it is the fittest for you. Unerring wisdom
ordained your lot, and
selected for you the safest and best condition. A ship of large tonnage is to
be brought up the
river; now, in one part of the stream there is a sandbank; should some one ask,
"Why does the captain steer through the deep part of the channel and deviate so
much from a straight
line?" His answer would be, "Because I should not get my vessel into harbour at
all if I did not keep to the deep channel." So, it may be, you would run
aground and suffer shipwreck, if your
divine Captain did not steer you into the depths of affliction where waves of
trouble follow each
other in quick succession. Some plants die if they have too much sunshine. It
may be that you are planted where you get but little, you are put there by the
loving Husbandman, because only in that situation will you bring forth fruit
unto perfection.
Remember this, had any other condition been better for you than the one in
which you are,
divine love would have put you there. You are placed by God in the most
suitable circumstances, and if you had the choosing of your lot, you would soon
cry, "Lord, choose my inheritance for me, for by my self-will I am pierced
through with many sorrows." Be content with such things as you have, since the
Lord has ordered all things for your good. Take up your own daily cross; it is
the burden best suited for your shoulder, and will prove most effective to make
you perfect in every good word and work to the glory of God.
Down busy self, and proud impatience, it is not for you to choose, but for the
Lord of Love!
"Trials must and will befall--
But with humble faith to see
Love inscribed upon them all;
This is happiness to me."
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