A Jewel or a Pebble?
In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the Lord, and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the Lord of hosts. Haggai 2:23. Christians are Christ’s jewels. They are to shine brightly for Him, shedding forth […]
The Crucible of Trouble
Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it. Jeremiah 30:7. The path to freedom from sin is through crucifixion of self, and conflict with the powers of darkness. Let none be discouraged in view of […]
No Power Can Separate From Christ
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Romans 8:35. How precious in time of need is the assurance of union with Jesus! … We can say. “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation?”—No, for this […]
Seeing the Unseen
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen […]
All Things Work Together
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28. The heart surrendered to God’s wise discipline will trust every working out of His providence…. If God should let everyone do as he pleases, conceit and pride would […]
God Knows What Is Best
Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. Hebrews 12:11. God knows what is for our best good. The peculiar discipline to which we are subject is discipline to bring out not the worst and most […]
