"Ask, and it
shall be given you." - Matthew 7:7 |
We know of a place in England still
existing, where a dole of bread is served to every passerby
who chooses to ask for it. Whoever the traveller may be, he
has but to knock at the door of St. Cross Hospital, and there
is the dole of bread for him.
Jesus Christ so loveth
sinners that he has built a St. Cross Hospital, so that
whenever a sinner is hungry, he has but to knock and have his
wants supplied. Nay, he has done better; he has attached to
this Hospital of the Cross a bath; and whenever a soul is
black and filthy, it has but to go there and be washed.
The fountain is always full, always efficacious. No
sinner ever went into it and found that it could not wash away
his stains. Sins which were scarlet and crimson have all
disappeared, and the sinner has been whiter than snow.
As if this were not enough, there is attached to this
Hospital of the Cross a wardrobe, and a sinner making
application simply as a sinner, may be clothed from head to
foot; and if he wishes to be a soldier, he may not merely have
a garment for ordinary wear, but armour which shall cover him
from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head. If he asks
for a sword, he shall have that given to him, and a shield
too. Nothing that is good for him shall be denied him. He
shall have spending-money so long as he lives, and he shall
have an eternal heritage of glorious treasure when he enters
into the joy of his Lord.
If all these things are to
be had by merely knocking at mercy's door, O my soul, knock
hard this morning, and ask large things of thy generous Lord.
Leave not the throne of grace till all thy wants have been
spread before the Lord, and until by faith thou hast a
comfortable prospect that they shall be all supplied. No
bashfulness need retard when Jesus invites.
No
unbelief should hinder when Jesus promises. No
cold-heartedness should restrain when such blessings are to be
obtained.
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"And the Lord
shewed me four carpenters." - Zechariah 1:20 |
In the vision described in this
chapter, the prophet saw four terrible horns. They were
pushing this way and that way, dashing down the strongest and
the mightiest; and the prophet asked, "What are these?" The
answer was, "These are the horns which have scattered Israel."
He saw before him a representation of those powers which had
oppressed the church of God.
There were four horns;
for the church is attacked from all quarters. Well might the
prophet have felt dismayed; but on a sudden there appeared
before him four carpenters. He asked, "What shall these do?"
These are the men whom God hath found to break those horns in
pieces.
God will always find men for his work, and he
will find them at the right time. The prophet did not see the
carpenters first, when there was nothing to do, but first the
"horns," and then the "carpenters." Moreover, the Lord finds
enough men.
He did not find three carpenters, but
four; there were four horns, an d there must be four workmen.
God finds the right men; not four men with pens to write; not
four architects to draw plans; but four carpenters to do rough
work. Rest assured, you who tremble for the ark of God, that
when the "horns" grow troublesome, the "carpenters" will be
found.
You need not fret concerning the weakness of
the church of God at any moment; there may be growing up in
obscurity the valiant reformer who will shake the nations:
Chrysostoms may come forth from our Ragged Schools, and
Augustines from the thickest darkness of London's poverty. The
Lord knows where to find his servants. He hath in ambush a
multitude of mighty men, and at his word they shall start up
to the battle; "for the battle is the Lord's," and he shall
get to himself the victory. Let us abide faithful to Christ,
and he, in the right time, will raise up for us a defence,
whether it be in the day of our personal need, or in the
season of peril to his Church.
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