“A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench.” Isaiah 42:3. Then I may reckon upon tender treatment from my Lord. Indeed, I feel myself to be at best as weak, as pliant, as worthless as a reed. Someone said, “I don’t care a rush for you”; and the…
Read More“Yet the Israelites will be like the sand on the seashore, which cannot be measured or counted. In the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘children of the living God.’” Hosea 1:10. Sovereign grace can make strangers into sons, and the Lord here declares His…
Read More“Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.” Psalm 27:14. Wait! Wait! Let your waiting be on the Lord! He is worth waiting for. He never disappoints the waiting soul. While waiting keep up your spirits, Expect a great deliverance, and be ready to praise God for it. The…
Read More“The Lord will be with you.” 2 Chronicles 20:17. This was a great mercy for Jehoshaphat, for a great multitude had come out against him; and it will be a great mercy for me, for I have great need, and I have no might or wisdom. If the Lord be with me, it matters little…
Read More“Yet I will show love to Judah; and I will save them—not by bow, sword or battle, or by horses and horsemen, but I, the Lord their God, will save them.” Hosea 1:7. Precious word. Jehovah Himself will deliver His people in the greatness of His mercy, but He will not do it by the…
Read More“Then you, my people, will know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves and bring you up from them.” Ezekiel 37:13. Indeed it must be so: those who receive life from the dead are sure to recognize the hand of the Lord in such a resurrection. This is the greatest and most…
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