“I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.” Proverbs 8:17. Wisdom loves her lovers and seeks her seekers. He is already wise who seeks to be wise, and he has almost found wisdom who diligently seeks her. What is true of wisdom in general is specially true of…
Read More“For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.” Psalm 30:5. A moment under our Father’s anger seems very long, and yet it is but a moment after all. If we grieve His Spirit, we cannot look…
Read More“He will deliver you from six troubles; in seven no evil[a] shall touch you.” Job 5:19. Eliphaz in this spoke the truth of God. We may have as many troubles as the workdays of the week, but the God who worked on those six days will work for us till our deliverance is complete. We…
Read MoreReward for the Righteous “Then people will say, “Surely the righteous still are rewarded; surely there is a God who judges the earth.” Psalm 58:11. God’s judgments in this life are not always clearly to be seen, for in many cases one event happeneth alike to all. This is the state of probation, not of…
Read More“And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.” 2 Kings 6:16. Horses and chariots and a great host shut up the prophet in Dothan. His young servant was alarmed. How could they escape from such a body of armed men? But the prophet had…
Read More“Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.” Proverbs 28:13. Here is the way of mercy for a guilty and repenting sinner. He must cease from the habit of covering sin. This is attempted by falsehood, which denies sin; by hypocrisy, which conceals it; by boasting,…
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