TRUSTING GOD !!!

Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV). 

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight....... 

Thoughts on This Verse... 

Trust. It can't be half-hearted. 

Either it is full trust or it is clouded with suspicion. 

So as we face the everyday challenges of life, or as we look for answers for deep and difficult problems, let's put our full trust in the LORD. 

Let's ask for his wisdom and guidance as we make our choices so that our paths may be straight. 

Let's give him praise for the good in our lives and seek his blessing for the days ahead. 

Why? 

Because he longs to bless us with life, both now, and forevermore.

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''It's all up to you!''

Psalm 127:1 (NIV). Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain....... 
Thoughts on This Verse... 
''It's all up to you!'' That's the prevailing mindset for high achievers in our world. But it is wrong. Our efforts to build and be a part of something great are ultimately in vain if the Lord doesn't bless them. They may flourish for a time under our intense efforts, but if the plans and the construction of great things are not from the Lord, they will not stand the test of time.


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"When I passed by thee, I said unto thee, Live."

"When I passed by thee, I said unto thee, Live."

Ezekiel 16:6

Saved one, 

consider gratefully this mandate of mercy. 

Note that this fiat of God is majestic.

 In our text, we perceive a sinner with nothing in him but sin, expecting nothing but wrath; but the eternal Lord passes by in his glory; he looks, he pauses, and he pronounces the solitary but royal word, "Live." 

There speaks a God. 

Who but he could venture thus to deal with life and dispense it with a single syllable? Again, this fiat is manifold. When he saith "Live," it includes many things. Here is judicial life. The sinner is ready to be condemned, but the mighty One saith, "Live," and he rises pardoned and absolved. It is spiritual life. We knew not Jesus--our eyes could not see Christ, our ears could not hear his voice--Jehovah said "Live," and we were quickened who were dead in trespasses and sins. 

Moreover, it includes glory-life, which is the perfection of spiritual life. "I said unto thee, Live:" and that word rolls on through all the years of time till death comes, and in the midst of the shadows of death, the Lord's voice is still heard, "Live!" In the morning of the resurrection it is that self-same voice which is echoed by the arch-angel, "Live," and as holy spirits rise to heaven to be blest forever in the glory of their God, it is in the power of this same word, "Live." 

Note again, that it is an irresistible mandate. Saul of Tarsus is on the road to Damascus to arrest the saints of the living God. A voice is heard from heaven and a light is seen above the brightness of the sun, and Saul is crying out, "Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?" This mandate is a mandate of free grace. When sinners are saved, it is only and solely because God will do it to magnify his free, unpurchased, unsought grace.

 Christians, see your position, debtors to grace; show your gratitude by earnest, Christlike lives, and as God has bidden you live, see to it that you live in earnest.

Today's reading taken from Charles Spurgeon's "Morning and Evening."

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''Abba, Father.''

Romans 8:15 (NIV). 

For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, ''Abba, Father.''......

 Thoughts on This Verse... 

How revolutionary. 

Just as Jesus prayed to God addressing him as''Abba Father,'' we too can speak so frankly and openly with God.

''Ab-ba'' are some of the earliest syllables babies spoke. 

The word''Abba'' was used by very young children to speak intimately, respectfully, and openly with their earthly fathers. 

The Holy Spirit gives us that same privilege as God's children. 

We can call the Creator of the universe, the Great God of Israel, the Father of all peoples, the Almighty of eternity, 
Abba! Incredible.

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"How many are mine iniquities and sins?"

"How many are mine iniquities and sins?"

Job 13:23

Have you ever really weighed and considered how great the sin of God's people is? 

Think how heinous is your own transgression, and you will find that not only does a sin here and there tower up like an alp, but that your iniquities are heaped upon each other, as in the old fable of the giants who piled Pelion upon Ossa, mountain upon mountain.

 What an aggregate of sin there is in the life of one of the most sanctified of God's children! Attempt to multiply this, the sin of one only, by the multitude of the redeemed, 

"a number which no man can number," 

and you will have some conception of the great mass of the guilt of the people for whom Jesus shed his blood. 

But we arrive at a more adequate idea of the magnitude of sin by the greatness of the remedy provided. 

It is the blood of Jesus Christ, 

God's only and well-beloved Son. God's Son! 

Angels cast their crowns before him! 

All the choral symphonies of heaven surround his glorious throne. 

"God over all, blessed forever. Amen." 

And yet he takes upon himself the form of a servant, 

and is scourged and pierced, bruised and torn, and at last slain; since nothing but the blood of the incarnate Son of God could make atonement for our offences.

 No human mind can adequately estimate the infinite value of the divine sacrifice, for great as is the sin of God's people, the atonement which takes it away is immeasurably greater.

 Therefore, the believer, even when sin rolls like a black flood, and the remembrance of the past is bitter, can yet stand before the blazing throne of the great and holy God, and cry, "Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died; yea rather, that hath risen again." 

While the recollection of his sin fills him with shame and sorrow, he at the same time makes it a foil to show the brightness of mercy--guilt is the dark night in which the fair star of divine love shines with serene splendour.

Today's reading taken from Charles Spurgeon's "Morning and Evening."

Wisdom and Revelation !!!

Ephesians 1:17 (NIV).

 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better....... 

Thoughts on This Verse... 

One of the best things we can pray for each other, and for ourselves, is that we might better know God.

 The Holy Spirit helps us better know God (1 Cor. 2), 

worship God (John 4), and speak to God (Rom. 8). 

Let's ask God to use his Spirit to help us know him, not just know about him. 

God is not only the Almighty Creator of all things; he is also our Father who cares about us deeply.

"Trust ye in the Lord forever !!!

"Trust ye in the Lord forever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength."

Isaiah 26:4

Seeing that we have such a God to trust to,

 let us rest upon him with all our weight; 

let us resolutely drive out all unbelief, and endeavour to get rid of doubts and fears, which so much mar our comfort; since there is no excuse for fear where God is the foundation of our trust. 

A loving parent would be sorely grieved if his child could not trust him; and how ungenerous, how unkind is our conduct when we put so little confidence in our 

heavenly Father who has never failed us, 

and who never will.

 It were well if doubting were banished from the household of God; but it is to be feared that old Unbelief is as nimble nowadays as when the psalmist asked, 

"Is his mercy clean gone forever? 

Will he be favourable no more?"

 David had not made any very lengthy trial of the mighty sword of the giant Goliath, and yet he said, 

"There is none like it." 

He had tried it once in the hour of his youthful victory, and it had proved itself to be of the right metal, and therefore he praised it ever afterwards; even so should we speak well of our God, there is none like unto him in the heaven above or the earth beneath; "To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One." 

There is no rock like unto the rock of Jacob, our enemies themselves being judges. So far from suffering doubts to live in our hearts, we will take the whole detestable crew, as Elijah did the prophets of Baal, and slay them over the brook; and for a stream to kill them at, we will select the sacred torrent which wells forth from our Saviour's wounded side. 

We have been in many trials, but we have never yet been cast where we could not find in our God all that we needed. 

Let us then be encouraged to trust in the Lord forever, assured that his ever lasting strength will be, as it has been, our succour and stay.

Today's reading taken from Charles Spurgeon's "Morning and Evening."

"He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart !!!

"He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully."

Psalm 24:4

Outward practical holiness is a 

very precious mark of grace. 

It is to be feared that many professors have perverted the doctrine of justification by faith in such a way as to treat good works with contempt; if so, they will receive everlasting contempt at the last great day. 

If our hands are not clean, let us wash them in Jesus' precious blood, and so let us lift up pure hands unto God. But "clean hands" will not suffice, unless they are connected with "a pure heart." 

True religion is heart-work. We may wash the outside of the cup and the platter as long as we please, but if the inward parts be filthy, we are filthy altogether in the sight of God, for our hearts are more truly ourselves than our hands are; the very life of our being lies in the inner nature, and hence the imperative need of purity within. 

The pure in heart shall see God, 

all others are but blind bats.

The man who is born for heaven "hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity." All men have their joys, by which their souls are lifted up; the worldling lifts up his soul in carnal delights, which are mere empty vanities; but the saint loves more substantial things; like Jehoshaphat, he is lifted up in the ways of the Lord. 

He who is content with husks, will be reckoned with the swine. Does the world satisfy thee? Then thou hast thy reward and portion in this life; make much of it, for thou shalt know no other joy.

"Nor sworn deceitfully." The saints are men of honour still. The Christian man's word is his only oath; but that is as good as twenty oaths of other men. 

False speaking will shut any man out of heaven, for a liar shall not enter into God's house, whatever may be his professions or doings.
 Reader, does the text before us condemn thee, or dost thou hope to ascend into 

the hill of the Lord?

 GOD GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE

Today's reading taken from Charles Spurgeon's "Morning and Evening."

"If we suffer, we shall also reign with him."

"If we suffer, we shall also reign with him."

2 Timothy 2:12

We must not imagine that we are suffering for Christ, 

and with Christ, 

if we are not in Christ. Beloved friend, are you trusting to Jesus only? If not, whatever you may have to mourn over on earth, you are not "suffering with Christ," and have no hope of reigning with him in heaven. 

Neither are we to conclude that all a Christian's sufferings are sufferings with Christ, for it is essential that he be called by God to suffer. If we are rash and imprudent, and run into positions for which neither providence nor grace has fitted us, we ought to question whether we are not rather sinning than communing with Jesus.

 If we let passion take the place of judgment, and self-will reign instead of Scriptural authority, we shall fight the Lord's battles with the devil's weapons, and if we cut our own fingers we must not be surprised. Again, in troubles which come upon us as the result of sin, we must not dream that we are suffering with Christ. 

When Miriam spoke evil of Moses, and the leprosy polluted her, she was not suffering for God. Moreover, suffering which God accepts must have God's glory as its end. If I suffer that I may earn a name, or win applause, I shall get no other reward than that of the Pharisee. 

It is requisite also that love to Jesus, and love to his elect, be ever the mainspring of all our patience. 

We must manifest the Spirit of Christ in meekness, gentleness, and forgiveness. 

Let us search and see if we truly suffer with Jesus.

 And if we do thus suffer, what is our "light affliction" compared with reigning with him? Oh it is so blessed to be in the furnace with Christ, and such an honour to stand in the pillory with him, that if there were no future reward, we might count ourselves happy in present honour; but when the recompense is so eternal, so infinitely more than we had any right to expect, shall we not take up the cross with alacrity, and go on our way rejoicing?

Today's reading taken from Charles Spurgeon's "Morning and Evening."

"Unto thee will I cry !!!

"Unto thee will I cry, O Lord my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit."

Psalm 28:1

A cry is the natural expression of sorrow, 

and a suitable utterance when all other modes of appeal fail us; but the cry must be alone directed to the Lord, for to cry to man is to waste our entreaties upon the air.

When we consider the readiness of the Lord to hear, 

and his ability to aid, we shall see good reason for directing all our appeals at once to the God of our salvation. 

It will be in vain to call to the rocks in the day of judgment, but our Rock attends to our cries.

"Be not silent to me." 

Mere formalists may be content without answers to their prayers, but genuine suppliants cannot; they are not satisfied with the results of prayer itself in calming the mind and subduing the will--they must go further, and obtain actual replies from heaven, or they cannot rest; and those replies they long to receive at once, they dread even a little of God's silence. 

God's voice is often so terrible that it shakes the wilderness; but his silence is equally full of awe to an eager suppliant. 

When God seems to close his ear, 

we must not therefore close our mouths, 

but rather cry with more earnestness; for when our note grows shrill with eagerness and grief, he will not long deny us a hearing. 

What a dreadful case should we be in if the Lord should become forever silent to our prayers? 

"Lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit." Deprived of the God who answers prayer, we should be in a more pitiable plight than the dead in the grave, and should soon sink to the same level as the lost in hell. 

We must have answers to prayer: ours is an urgent case of dire necessity; surely the Lord will speak peace to our agitated minds, for he never can find it in his heart to permit his own elect to perish.

Today's reading taken from Charles Spurgeon's "Morning and Evening."