Sovereignty is not God pushing His own way, but directing history to the blessing of all who trust Him. Psalm 33 presents the review stand where the sovereign Lord sits in regal splendor. Can you hear the marching of feet and the horses’ hooves approaching in serried ranks? The conductor lifts his arms, and the […]
CHRIST the DAYSPRING: “The Dayspring from on high has visited us; to give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace” (Lk 1:78-79). Zacharias, filled with the Spirit, prophesied these beautiful words concerning the coming Redeemer. The world was a very dark […]
“Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine” (Isa 43:1). Is this the God who first heard these words from His creature just after sin came into Eden: “I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself” (Gen 3:10)? When Harry Ironside was a […]
I think of my fellow-sinners; my companions in crime and guilt. I would fain make some suitable amends to them. And what can be more appropriate in that view than the resolution, with reference to them, and all my fellow men, “I will teach transgressors Thy ways, and sinners shall be converted to Thee” (Ps […]
“Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life” (Prov 4:23). Be careful what you want—you may just get it, and find that it isn’t a dream come true but a nightmare. This verse warns us that what we are passionate for is what we become. […]
Everyone born of God overcomes the world—sooner or later—after defeat, or in avoiding it by faith. Having delighted in the joy of forgiveness (Ps 32:1-2), and the high cost of unconfessed sin (vv 3-4), along with the simple solution to it (v 5), David now expands his vision to include “everyone who is godly.” These, he says, “shall […]
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CHRIST the LOVE WARRIOR: “Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us” (Rom 8:37). Amy Carmichael (1867–1951), served the Lord without furlough in India for 55 years. She served at Dohnavur in Tamil Nadu, which became a sanctuary for over one thousand children, many rescued from child prostitution. […]
“What man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?” (Mt 7:9). Do you ask the Lord for little things—like daily bread? Jesus said we should, didn’t He? Is there anything too little to ask Him? Or to put it the other way around, is anything at […]
In the fourth century, the “golden-mouthed” Chrysostom of Antioch wrote: “I do not think of Christ as God alone, or Man alone, but both together. For I know He was hungry, and I know that with five loaves He fed five thousand. I know He was thirsty, and I know that He turned the water […]