Before and During the Call

Before and During the Call

It shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. (Isaiah 65:24)

Quick work this! 
The Lord hears us before we call and often answers us in the same speedy manner.


 Foreseeing our needs and our prayers, He so arranges providence that before the need actually arises He has supplied it, before the trial assails us He has armed us against it. 


This is the promptitude of omniscience, and we have often seen it exercised. Before we dreamed of the affliction which was coming, the strong consolation which was to sustain us under it had arrived. 


What a prayer-answering God we have!
The second clause suggests the telephone. 
Though God be in heaven and we upon earth, yet He makes our word, like His own word, to travel very swiftly, When we pray aright we speak into the ear of God.


 Our gracious Mediator presents our petitions at once, 
and the great Father hears them and smiles upon them. 
Grand praying this! 
Who would not be much in prayer when he knows that he has the ear of the King of kings? 


This day I will pray in faith, not only believing that I shall be heard, but that I am heard; 
not only that I shall be answered, but that I have the answer already.
 Holy Spirit, help me in this!

C. H. Spurgeon

"The cedars of Lebanon which He hath planted."

"The cedars of Lebanon which He hath planted."—Psalm 104:16.

LEBANON'S cedars are emblematic of the Christian, in that they owe their planting entirely to the Lord. 

This is quite true of every child of God. 
He is not man-planted, nor self-planted, but God-planted. 


The mysterious hand of the divine Spirit dropped the living seed into a heart which He had Himself prepared for its reception. Every true heir of heaven owns the great Husbandman as his planter. 


Moreover, the cedars of Lebanon are not dependent upon man for their watering; they stand on the lofty rock, unmoistened by human irrigation; and yet our heavenly Father supplieth them. 


Thus it is with the Christian who has learned to live by faith. He is independent of man, even in temporal things; for his continued maintenance he looks to the Lord his God, and to Him alone. 


The dew of heaven is his portion, and the God of heaven is his fountain. Again, the cedars of Lebanon are not protected by any mortal power. They owe nothing to man for their preservation from stormy wind and tempest. 


They are God's trees, kept and preserved by Him, and by Him alone. It is precisely the same with the Christian. He is not a hot-house plant, sheltered from temptation; he stands in the most exposed position; he has no shelter, no protection, except this, that the broad wings of the eternal God always cover the cedars which He Himself has planted.


 Like cedars, believers are full of sap having vitality enough to be ever green, even amid winter's snows. Lastly, the flourishing and majestic condition of the cedar is to the praise of God only.


The Lord, even the Lord alone hath been everything unto the cedars, and, therefore David very sweetly puts it in one of the psalms, "Praise ye the Lord, fruitful trees and all cedars." 


In the believer there is nothing that can magnify man; he is planted, nourished, and protected by the Lord's own hand, and to Him let all the glory be ascribed.

Light in Darkness !!!

Light in Darkness

For thou art my lamp, O Lord: and the Lord will lighten my darkness. (2 Samuel 22:29)

Am I in the light? Then Thou, O Lord, art my lamp.
 Take Thee away and my joy would be gone; but as long as Thou art with me, I can do without the torches of time and the candles of created comfort.

What a light the presence of God casts on all things! We heard of a lighthouse which could be seen for twenty miles, but our Jehovah is not only a God at hand, but far off is He seen, even in the enemy's country. O Lord, I am as happy as an angel when Thy love fills my heart.

Thou art all my desire.
Am I in the dark? Then thou, O Lord, wilt lighten my darkness.
Before long things will change.
Affairs may grow more and more dreary and cloud may be piled upon cloud; but if it grow so dark that I cannot see my own hand, still I shall see the hand of the Lord.

When I cannot find a light within me, or among my friends, or in the whole world, the Lord, who said, "Let there be light," and there was light, can say the same again.

 He will speak me into the sunshine yet. I shall not die but live.
The day is already breaking.
 This sweet text shines like a morning star.
I shall clap my hands for joy ere many hours are passed.

Meditation

C. H. Spurgeon

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"The Lord reigneth, let the earth rejoice."

"The Lord reigneth, let the earth rejoice."—Psalm 97:1.

CAUSES for disquietude there are none so long as this blessed sentence is true. On earth the Lord's power as readily controls the rage of the wicked as the rage of the sea; His love as easily refreshes the poor with mercy as the earth with showers. Majesty gleams in flashes of fire amid the tempest's horrors, and the glory of the Lord is seen in its grandeur in the fall of empires, and the crash of thrones. In all our conflicts and tribulations, we may behold the hand of the divine King.

"God is God; He sees and hears
All our troubles, all our tears.
Soul, forget not, 'mid thy pains,
God o'er all for ever reigns."
In hell, evil spirits own, with misery, His undoubted supremacy. When permitted to roam abroad, it is with a chain at their heel; the bit is in the mouth of behemoth, and the hook in the jaws of leviathan. Death's darts are under the Lord's lock, and the grave's prisons have divine power as their warder. The terrible vengeance of the Judge of all the earth makes fiends cower down and tremble, even as dogs in the kennel fear the hunter's whip.
"Fear not death, nor Satan's thrusts,
God defends who in Him trusts;
Soul, remember, in thy pains,
God o'er all for ever reigns."
In heaven none doubt the sovereignty of the King Eternal, but all fall on their faces to do Him homage. Angels are His courtiers, the redeemed His favourites, and all delight to serve Him day and night. May we soon reach the city of the great King!
"For this life's long night of sadness
He will give us peace and gladness.
Soul, remember, in thy pains,
God o'er all for ever reigns."

Meditation

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Waiting, Not Running !!!

Waiting, Not Running

Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. (Psalm 62:1)

Blessed posture! Waiting truly and only upon the Lord. 
Be this our condition all this day and every day. 
Waiting His leisure, waiting in His service, waiting in joyful expectation, 
waiting in prayer, and content. 


When the very soul thus waits, it is in the best and truest condition of a creature before his Creator, a servant before his Master, a child before his Father. 


We allow no dictation to God, nor complaining of Him; we will permit no petulance and no distrust. At the same time, we practice no running before the cloud and no seeking to others 
for aid: neither of these would be waiting upon God. 


God, and God alone, is the expectation of our hearts.
Blessed assurance! From Him salvation is coming; it is on the road. 


It will come from Him and from no one else. 
He shall have all the glory of it, for He alone can and will perform it. 


And He will perform it most surely in His own time and manner.
 He will save from doubt, and suffering, and slander, and distress. 
Though we see no sign of it as yet, we are satisfied to bide the Lord's will, for we have no suspicion of His love and faithfulness. 


He will make sure work of it before long, and we will praise Him at once for the coming mercy.

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"Oh that I were as in months past."

"Oh that I were as in months past."

—Job 29:2.

NUMBERS of Christians can view the past with pleasure, 

but regard the present with dissatisfaction; they look back upon the days which they have passed in communing with the Lord as being the sweetest and the best they have ever known, but as to the present, it is clad in a sable garb of gloom and dreariness. 

Once they lived near to Jesus, but now they feel that they have wandered from Him, and they say, "O that I were as in months past!" They complain that they have lost their evidences, or that they have not present peace of mind, or that they have no enjoyment in the means of grace, or that conscience is not so tender, or that they have not so much zeal for God's glory. 

The causes of this mournful state of things are manifold. It may arise through a comparative neglect of prayer, for a neglected closet is the beginning of all spiritual decline. 

Or it may be the result of idolatry. The heart has been occupied with something else, more than with God; the affections have been set on the things of earth, instead of the things of heaven. 

A jealous God will not be content with a divided heart; He must be loved first and best. He will withdraw the sunshine of His presence from a cold, wandering heart. 

Or the cause may be found in self-confidence and self-righteousness. Pride is busy in the heart, and self is exalted instead of lying low at the foot of the cross. 

Christian, if you are not now as you "were in months past," do not rest satisfied with wishing for a return of former happiness, but go at once to seek your Master, and tell Him your sad state. 

Ask His grace and strength to help you to walk more closely with Him; humble yourself before Him, and He will lift you up, and give you yet again to enjoy the light of His countenance. 

Do not sit down to sigh and lament; while the beloved Physician lives there is hope, 

nay there is a certainty of recovery for the worst cases.

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He Lowers to Raise !!!

He Lowers to Raise

Thy Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. (1 Samuel 2:7)

All my changes come from Him who never changes. 
If I had grown rich, I should have seen His hand in it, and I should have praised Him; let me equally see His hand if I am made poor, and let me as heartily praise Him. 


When we go down in the world, it is of the Lord, and so we may take it patiently: when we rise in the world, it is of the Lord, and we may accept it thankfully. In any case, the Lord hath done it, and it is well.


It seems that Jehovah's way is to lower those whom He means to raise and to strip those whom He intends to clothe. If it is His way, it is the wisest and best way. If I am now enduring the bringing low, I may well rejoice, because I see in it the preface to the lifting up. 


The more we are humbled by grace, the more we shall be exalted in glory.
 That impoverishment which will be overruled for our enrichment is to be welcomed.


O Lord, Thou has taken me down of late and made me feel my insignificance and sin.
 It is not a pleasant experience, but I pray Thee make it a profitable one to me.


 Oh, that Thou wouldst thus fit me to bear a greater weight of delight and of usefulness; 
and when I am ready for it, then grant it to me, for Christ's sake! 
Amen.

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"Christ, who is our life."

"Christ, who is our life."—Colossians 3:4.

PAUL'S marvellously rich expression indicates, that Christ is the source of our life.

"You hath He quickened who were dead in trespasses and sins." 

That same voice which brought Lazarus out of the tomb raised us to newness of life. 

He is now the substance of our spiritual life.

 It is by His life that we live; He is in us, the hope of glory, the spring of our actions, the central thought which moves every other thought. Christ is the sustenance of our life.

 What can the Christian feed upon but Jesus' flesh and blood? "This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die." 

O wayworn pilgrims in this wilderness of sin, you never get a morsel to satisfy the hunger of your spirits, except ye find it in Him! Christ is the solace of our life.

 All our true joys come from Him; and in times of trouble, His presence is our consolation. There is nothing worth living for but Him; and His lovingkindness is better than life! Christ is the object of our life.

 As speeds the ship towards the port, so hastes the believer towards the haven of his Saviour's bosom. As flies the arrow to its goal, so flies the Christian towards the perfecting of his fellowship with Christ Jesus. 

As the soldier fights for his captain, and is crowned in his captain's victory, so the believer contends for Christ, and gets his triumph out of the triumphs of his Master. "For him to live is Christ." Christ is the exemplar of our life.

 Where there is the same life within, there will, there must be, to a great extent, the same developments without; and if we live in near fellowship 

with the Lord Jesus we shall grow like Him. 

We shall set Him before us as our Divine copy, and we shall seek to tread in His footsteps, 

until He shall become the crown of our life in glory.

 Oh! how safe, how honoured, how happy is the Christian, since Christ is our life!

Meditation

C. H. Spurgeon

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Pruning for Fruit-Bearing

Pruning for Fruit-Bearing

Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. (John 15:2)

This is a precious promise to one who lives for fruitfulness. 

At first it seems to wear a sharp aspect. 

Must the fruitful bough be pruned? 

Must the knife cut even the best and most useful? 

No doubt it is so, for very much of our Lord's purging work is done by means of afflictions of one kind or another.

 It is not the evil but the good who have the promise of tribulation in this life. 

But, then, the end makes more than full amends for the painful nature of the means. 

If we may bring forth more fruit for our Lord, we will not mind the pruning and the loss of leafage.

Still, purging is sometimes wrought by the Word apart from trial, and this takes away whatever appeared rough in the flavor of the promise. 

We shall by the Word be made more gracious and more useful. The Lord who has made us, in a measure, fruit-bearing, will operate upon us till we reach a far higher degree of fertility.

 Is not this a great joy? 

Truly there is more comfort in a promise of fruitfulness than if we had been warranted

 riches, or health, or honor.

Lord Jesus, speedily fulfill Thy gracious word to me and cause me to abound in fruit to Thy praise!

Meditation

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