“My people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the Lord.” Jeremiah 31:14. Note the “my” which comes twice: “My people shall be satisfied with my goodness.” The kind of people who are satisfied with God are marked out as God’s own. He is pleased with them, for they are pleased with Him. They call…
Read MoreFor sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. Romans 6:14. Sin will reign if it can: it cannot be satisfied with any place below the throne of the heart. We sometimes fear that it will conquer us, and then we cry unto the Lord, “Let not any iniquity have…
Read MoreHe will not let your foot slip—he who watches over you will not slumber; Psalm 121:3. If the Lord will not suffer it, neither men nor devils can do it. How greatly would they rejoice if they could give us a disgraceful fall, drive us from our position, and bury us out of memory! They could…
Read MoreThen they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them and that they, the Israelites, are my people, declares the Sovereign Lord. Ezekiel 34:30. To be the Lord’s own people is a choice blessing, but to know that we are such is a comfortable blessing. It is one thing to hope that God is with us…
Read MoreBut he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 2 Corinthians 12:9. Our weakness should be prized as making room for divine strength. We might never have known the power of…
Read More“I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.” Luke 18:14. It ought not to be difficult for us to humble ourselves, for what have we to be proud of? We ought to…
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