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daily devotional
"And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by
the hand of Saul." - 1 Samuel 27:1
The thought of David's heart at this time was a false
thought, because he certainly had no ground for thinking that God's anointing
him by Samuel was intended to be left as an empty unmeaning act. On no one
occasion had the Lord deserted his servant; he had been placed in perilous
positions very often, but not one instance had occurred in which divine
interposition had not delivered him. The trials to which he had been exposed
had been varied; they had not assumed one form only, but many-yet in every case
he who sent the trial had also graciously ordained a way of escape.
David could not put his finger upon any entry in his diary,
and say of it, "Here is evidence that the Lord will forsake me," for the entire
tenor of his past life proved the very reverse. He should have argued from what
God had done for him, that God would be his defender still. But is it not just
in the same way that we doubt God's help? Is it not mistrust without a cause?
Have we e ver had the shadow of a reason to doubt our Father's goodness? Have
not his lovingkindnesses been marvellous? Has he once failed to justify our
trust? Ah, no! our God has not left us at any time.
We have had dark nights, but the star of love has shone forth
amid the blackness; we have been in stern conflicts, but over our head he has
held aloft the shield of our defence. We have gone through many trials, but
never to our detriment, always to our advantage; and the conclusion from our
past experience is, that he who has been with us in six troubles, will not
forsake us in the seventh. What we have known of our faithful God, proves that
he will keep us to the end.
Let us not, then, reason contrary to evidence. How can we
ever be so ungenerous as to doubt our God? Lord, throw down the Jezebel of our
unbelief, and let the dogs devour it.
Evening Devotion
"He shall gather the lambs with his arm." - Isaiah 40:11
Our good Shepherd has in his flock a variety of experiences,
some are strong in the Lord, and others are weak in faith, but he is impartial
in his care for all his sheep, and the weakest lamb is as dear to him as the
most advanced of the flock. Lambs are wont to lag behind, prone to wander, and
apt to grow weary, but from all the danger of these infirmities the Shepherd
protects them with his arm of power. He finds new-born souls, like young lambs,
ready to perish-he nourishes them till life becomes vigorous; he finds weak
minds ready to faint and die-he consoles them and renews their strength.
All the little ones he gathers, for it is not the will of our
heavenly Father that one of them should perish. What a quick eye he must have
to see them all! What a tender heart to care for them all! What a far- reaching
and potent arm, to gather them all! In his lifetime on earth he was a great
gatherer of the weaker sort, and now that he dwells in heaven, his loving heart
yearns towards the meek and contrite, the timid and feeble, the fearful and
fainting here below. How gently did he gather me to himself, to his truth, to
his blood, to his love, to his church! With what effectual grace did he compel
me to come to himself! Since my first conversion, how frequently has he
restored me from my wanderings, and once again folded me within the circle of
his everlasting arm! The best of all is, that he does it all himself
personally, not delegating the task of love, but condescending himself to
rescue and preserve his most unworthy servant. How shall I love him enough or
serve him worthily? I would fain make his name great unto the ends of the
earth, but what can my feebleness do for him? Great Shepherd, add to thy
mercies this one other, a heart to love thee more truly as I ought.
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