An Expert Searcher

“For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I, I myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out.” Ezekiel 34:11. This He does at the first when His elect are like wandering sheep that know not the Shepherd or the fold. How wonderfully doth the Lord find out His chosen! Jesus is great…

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He Never Fails

No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you. Joshua 1:5. This word to Joshua is often quoted; it is the basis of that New Testament word “He hath…

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Enemies at Peace

When a man’s ways please the Lord, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him. Proverbs 16:7. I must see that my ways please the Lord. Even then I shall have enemies; and, perhaps, all the more certainly because I endeavor to do that which is right. But what a promise this is!…

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All Turned to Holiness

“In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, holiness unto the Lord;” Zechariah 14:20. Happy day when all things shall be consecrated, and the horses’ bells shall ring out holiness to the Lord! That day has come to me. Do I not make all things holy to God? These garments, when…

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Desires of Righteous Granted

“The desires of the righteous shall be granted.” Proverbs 10:24. Because it is a righteous desire it is safe for God to grant it. It would be neither good for the man himself, nor for society at large, that such a promise should be made to the unrighteous. Let us keep the Lord’s commands, and…

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My Choice Is His Choice

“He shall choose our inheritance for us.” Psalm 47:4. Our enemies would allot us a very dreary portion, but we are not left in their hands. The Lord will cause us to stand in our lot, and our place is appointed by His infinite wisdom. A wiser mind than our own arranges our destiny, The…

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