“For behold, I will command, and shake the house of Israel among all the nations as one shakes with a sieve, but no pebble shall fall to the earth.” Amos 9:9. The sifting process is going on still. Wherever we go, we are still being winnowed and sifted. In all countries God’s people are being […]
“There the Lord will be our Mighty One. It will be like a place of broad rivers and streams. No galley with oars will ride them, no mighty ship will sail them.” Isaiah 33:21. The Lord will be to us the greatest good without any of the drawbacks which seem necessarily to attend the best […]
But now, thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; You are Mine.” Isaiah 43:1.
“Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;” Romans 5:3. This is a promise in essence if not in form. We have need of patience, and here we see the way of getting it. It is only by enduring that we learn to endure, even as […]
“Your people will offer themselves freely on the day of your power, in holy garments; from the womb of the morning, the dew of your youth will be yours.” Psalm 110:3. Blessed be the God of grace that it is so! He has a people whom He has chosen from of old to be His […]
“The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.” Zephaniah 3:17. What a word is this! Jehovah God in the center of His people in all the majesty of […]