God’s Hornets

“I will send the hornet ahead of you to drive the Hivites, Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.” Exodus 23:28. What the hornets were we need not consider. They were God’s own army which He sent before His people to sting their enemies and render Israel’s conquest easy. Our God by His own chosen…

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Sensitive to Warning

“Because your heart was penitent, and you humbled yourself before the Lord, when you heard how I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and you have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, declares the Lord.” 2 Kings 22:19.…

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True Heart-Energy

“Practice these things, immerse yourself in them, so that all may see your progress.” 1 Timothy 4:15. This is, practically, a promise that, by diligent meditation and the giving up of our whole mind to our work for the Lord we shall make a progress which all can see. Not by hasty reading but by…

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The King’s Highway

“And a highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Way of Holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it. It shall belong to those who walk on the way; even if they are fools, they shall not go astray.” Isaiah 35:8. The way of holiness is so straight and plain that the…

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Presence of Mind

“Do not be afraid of sudden terror or of the ruin of the wicked, when it comes, for the Lord will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being caught.” Proverbs 3:25-26. When God is abroad in judgments, He would not have His people alarmed. He has not come forth to harm but…

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Prayer, Thanksgiving, Praise

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:6-7. No care but all prayer. No anxiety but much joyful communion…

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