Devotionals

“Behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours.” Isaiah 54:11 By these “stones,” which the Lord has promised to “lay with fair colours,” I think we may understand the blessed truths of the gospel which are laid into the soul by the hand of God. The fair colours are deeply ingrained and embedded in … Read more

“O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted.” Isaiah 54:11 The Lord here compares his suffering Church to a ship at sea, under bare poles, labouring in a heavy storm, driven out of her course by contrary winds, as was Paul’s case in the Adriatic, and doubtful whether she will ever reach the harbour; … Read more

“What man is he that feareth the Lord? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.” Psalm 25:12 In all the multiplicity and variety of circumstances that have distressed the children of God, has the Lord ever taken a wrong step? Though he has baffled nature, though he has disconcerted reason, though … Read more

“There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus.” Romans 8:1 There is not a more blessed declaration than this in the whole word of truth. It is the sweetest note sounded by the gospel trumpet, for it is the very crown of the whole jubilee. Is not condemnation the bitterest … Read more

“For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him? Will he delight himself in the Almighty? Will he always call upon God?” Job 27:8-10 Many of God’s people are at times exercised as to their hypocrisy, … Read more

“Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.” 1 Peter 1:21 Observe the special mark which is here given of those for whom Christ was manifested. It is said of them that “by him they believe … Read more

“We must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.” Acts 14:22 What are the promises? Are not all the promises suited to the Lord’s poor and needy family? What are the promises of pardon, except to the guilty? What are promises of salvation, except to the lost? What are promises of consolation, except … Read more

“Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good.” Jeremiah 32:41 God rejoices as much in saving your soul as you can rejoice in your soul being saved. Say I “as much?” His joy is infinite, and yours is finite; his the joy of God, and yours but the joy of man. Do you … Read more

“Which holdeth our soul in life.” Psalm 66:9 It is indeed an unspeakable mercy for the heirs of promise that the life given them in Christ and communicated by the Holy Spirit to their souls cannot be extinguished. It may sink very low—one can hardly say how low, but so low as to sink out … Read more

“Draw me; we will run after thee.” Song of Solomon 1:4 How many of us can take the words of the bride into our lips, or have ever been able at any one time of our life to use such an expression? We must have had some sight and sense of the preciousness and loveliness … Read more

“My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.” 2 Corinthians 12:9 How mysterious are God’s dealings! That such a highly-favoured man as Paul should come down from the “third heaven” to the very gates of hell (that is not too strong an expression, for “the messenger of Satan” came … Read more

“The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.” 2 Samuel 23:2 We read that “no prophecy of the Scripture is of any private interpretation;” that is to say, it is the public property of the whole family of Jehovah; and “holy men of God spake as they were … Read more