“I Tasted the Lord’s Goodness”
If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. 1 Peter 2:3. Have you tasted that the Lord is gracious? Does your spiritual appetite crave communion with the Lord? You may discover that He is gracious, not by having all you desire, but by passing through the school of affliction. Since I was […]
Faith Must Pierce the Gloom
Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him…. He also shall be my salvation. Job 13:15, 16. The true Christian does not allow any earthly consideration to come in between his soul and God…. When depression settles upon the soul, it is no evidence that God has changed. He is “the same yesterday, […]
God Measures Every Trial
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. 1 Corinthians 10:13. Each one has […]
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 […]
