"I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction."

—Isaiah 48:10.

COMFORT thyself, tried believer, with this thought: God saith, "I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction." Does not the word come like a soft shower, assuaging the fury of the flame? Yea, is it not an asbestos armour, against which the heat hath no power? Let affliction come—God has chosen me. 


Poverty, thou mayst stride in at my door, but God is in the house already, and He has chosen me. Sickness, thou mayst intrude, but I have a balsam ready—God has chosen me.


 Whatever befalls me in this vale of tears, I know that He has "chosen" me. If, believer, thou requirest still greater comfort, remember that you have the Son of Man with you in the furnace. 


In that silent chamber of yours, there sitteth by your side One whom thou hast not seen, but whom thou lovest; and ofttimes when thou knowest it not, He makes all thy bed in thy affliction, and smooths thy pillow for thee. 


Thou art in poverty; but in that lovely house of thine the Lord of life and glory is a frequent visitor. He loves to come into these desolate places, that He may visit thee. 


Thy friend sticks closely to thee. Thou canst not see Him, but thou mayst feel the pressure of His hands. Dost thou not hear His voice? Even in the valley of the shadow of death He says, "Fear not, I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God." Remember that noble speech of Caesar: "Fear not, thou carriest Caesar and all his fortune." 


Fear not, Christian; Jesus is with thee.
 In all thy fiery trials, His presence is both thy comfort and safety. 


He will never leave one whom He has chosen for His own. 


"Fear not, for I am with thee," is His sure word of promise to His chosen ones in the "furnace of affliction." 


Wilt thou not, then, take fast hold of Christ, and say—

"Through floods and flames, if Jesus lead,
I'll follow where He goes."

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We are engaged in a great war !!!

 "But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his ax, and his mattock."—1 Samuel 13:20.

WE are engaged in a great war with the Philistines of evil.

 Every weapon within our reach must be used.

 Preaching, teaching, praying, giving, all must be brought into action, and talents which have been thought too mean for service, must now be employed.

Coulter, and axe, and mattock, may all be useful in slaying Philistines; rough tools may deal hard blows, and killing need not be elegantly done, so long as it is done effectually.

 Each moment of time, in season or out of season; each fragment of ability, educated or untutored; each opportunity, favourable or unfavourable, must be used, for our foes are many and our force but slender.

Most of our tools want sharpening; we need quickness of perception, tact, energy, promptness, in a word, complete adaptation for the Lord's work.

Practical common sense is a very scarce thing among the conductors of Christian enterprises.

We might learn from our enemies if we would, and so make the Philistines sharpen our weapons.

This morning let us note enough to sharpen our zeal during this day by the aid of the Holy Spirit.

See the energy of the Papists, how they compass sea and land to make one proselyte, are they to monopolize all the earnestness? Mark the heathen devotees, what tortures they endure in the service of their idols! are they alone to exhibit patience and self-sacrifice? Observe the prince of darkness, how persevering in his endeavours, how unabashed in his attempts, how daring in his plans, how thoughtful in his plots, how energetic in all!

The devils are united as one man in their infamous rebellion, while we believers in Jesus are divided in our service of God, and scarcely ever work with unanimity.

O that from Satan's infernal industry we may learn to go about like good Samaritans, seeking whom we may bless!

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Joy for the Cast-Out !!!

Hear the Word of the Lord, ye that tremble at his guard; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the Lord be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed. (Isaiah 66:5)

Possibly this text may not apply to one in a thousand of the readers of this little book of promises; but the Lord cheers that one in such words as these.

 Let us pray for all such as are cast out wrongfully from the society which they love. May the Lord appear to their joy!

The text applies to truly gracious men who tremble at the word of the Lord. These were hated of their brethren and at length cast out because of their fidelity and their holiness.

This must have been very bitter to them; and all the more so because their casting out was done in the name of religion, and professedly with the view of glorifying God.

How much is done for the devil in the name of God! The use of the name of Jehovah to add venom to the bite of the old serpent is an instance of his subtlety.

The appearing of the Lord for them is the hope of His persecuted people.
He appears as the advocate and defender of His elect; and when He does so it means a clear deliverance for the God-fearing and shame for their oppressors.

O Lord, fulfill this word to those whom men are deriding!

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"With lovingkindness have I drawn thee."

Jeremiah 31:3.

THE thunders of the law and the terrors of judgment are all used to bring us to Christ; but the final victory is effected by lovingkindness.

The prodigal set out to his father's house from a sense of need; but his father saw him a great way off, and ran to meet him; so that the last steps he took towards his father's house were with the kiss still warm upon his cheek, and the welcome still musical in his ears.



"Law and terrors do but harden
All the while they work alone;
But a sense of blood-bought pardon
Will dissolve a heart of stone."

The Master came one night to the door, and knocked with the iron hand of the law; the door shook and trembled upon its hinges; but the man piled every piece of furniture which he could find against the door, for he said, "I will not admit the man."

 The Master turned away, but by-and-bye He came back, and with His own soft hand, using most that part where the nail had penetrated, He knocked again—oh, so softly and tenderly. 

This time the door did not shake, but, strange to say, it opened, and there upon his knees the once unwilling host was found rejoicing to receive his guest. 

"Come in, come in; thou hast so knocked that my bowels are moved for thee.

 I could not think of thy pierced hand leaving its blood-mark on my door, and of thy going away houseless, 'Thy head filled with dew, and thy locks with the drops of the night.

" I yield, I yield, Thy love has won my heart." 

So in every case: lovingkindness wins the day. 

What Moses with the tablets of stone could never do, Christ does with His pierced hand. 

Such is the doctrine of effectual calling. 

Do I understand it experimentally? Can I say, "He drew me, and I followed on, glad to confess the voice divine?" If so, may He continue to draw me,
  till at last I shall sit down at the marriage supper of the Lamb.

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"My expectation is from Him."

Psalm 62:5.

IT is the believer's privilege to use this language.
If he is looking for aught from the world, it is a poor "expectation" indeed.

But if he looks to God for the supply of his wants, whether in temporal or spiritual blessings, his expectation" will not be a vain one.

 Constantly he may draw from the bank of faith, and get his need supplied out of the riches of God's lovingkindness.

This I know, I had rather have God for my banker than all the Rothschilds.
My Lord never fails to honour His promises; and when we bring them to His throne, He never sends them back unanswered.

Therefore I will wait only at His door, for He ever opens it with the hand of munificent grace.
At this hour I will try Him anew.

 But we have "expectations" beyond this life.
We shall die soon; and then our "expectation is from Him."

Do we not expect that when we lie upon the bed of sickness He will send angels to carry us to His bosom? We believe that when the pulse is faint, and the heart heaves heavily, some angelic messenger shall stand and look with loving eyes upon us, and whisper, "Sister spirit, come away!" As we approach the heavenly gate, we expect to hear the welcome invitation, "Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world."

We are expecting harps of gold and crowns of glory; we are hoping soon to be amongst the multitude of shining ones before the throne; we are looking forward and longing for the time when we shall be like our glorious Lord—for "We shall see Him as He is."

Then if these be thine "expectations," O my soul, live for God; live with the desire and resolve to glorify Him from whom cometh all thy supplies, and of whose grace in thy election, redemption, and calling, it is that thou hast any "expectation" of coming glory.

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The Lord, is my refuge !!!

"Thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the Most High, thy habitation."

—Psalm 91:9.

THE Israelites in the wilderness were continually exposed to change. 

Whenever the pillar stayed its motion, the tents were pitched; but tomorrow, ere the morning sun had risen, the trumpet sounded, the ark was in motion, and the fiery, cloudy pillar was leading the way through the narrow defiles of the mountain, up the hillside, or along the arid waste of the wilderness. 

They had scarcely time to rest a little before they heard the sound of "Away! this is not your rest; you must still be onward journeying towards Canaan!" They were never long in one place. 

Even wells and palm trees could not detain them.

 Yet they had an abiding home in their God, His cloudy pillar was their roof-tree, and its flame by night their household fire. 

They must go onward from place to place, continually changing, never having time to settle, and to say, "Now we are secure; in this place we shall dwell." "Yet," says Moses, "though we are always changing, Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place throughout all generations." 

The Christian knows no change with regard to God. 

He may be rich to-day and poor to-morrow; he may be sickly to-day and well to-morrow; he may be in happiness to-day, to-morrow he may be distressed—but there is no change with regard to his relationship to God. 

If He loved me yesterday, He loves me to-day. 

My unmoving mansion of rest is my blessed Lord. 

Let prospects be blighted; let hopes be blasted; let joy be withered; let mildews destroy everything; I have lost nothing of what I have in God. 

He is "my strong habitation whereunto I can continually resort."

 I am a pilgrim in the world, but at home in my God. 

In the earth I wander, but in God I dwell in a quiet habitation.

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"Salvation is of the Lord."

Jonah 2:9.

SALVATION is the work of God.

 It is He alone who quickens the soul "dead in trespasses and sins," and it is He also who maintains the soul in its spiritual life.

He is both "Alpha and Omega." "Salvation is of the Lord."

 If I am prayerful, God makes me prayerful; if I have graces, they are God's gifts to me; if I hold on in a consistent life, it is because He upholds me with His hand.

 I do nothing whatever towards my own preservation, except what God Himself first does in me. Whatever I have, all my goodness is of the Lord alone.

Wherein I sin, that is my own; but wherein I act rightly, that is of God, wholly and completely.

If I have repulsed a spiritual enemy, the Lord's strength nerved my arm.

Do I live before men a consecrated life? It is not I, but Christ who liveth in me.

 Am I sanctified?

 I did not cleanse myself: God's Holy Spirit sanctifies me.

 Am I weaned from the world? I am weaned by God's chastisements sanctified to my good.

Do I grow in knowledge?

 The great Instructor teaches me.

 All my jewels were fashioned by heavenly art.

 I find in God all that I want; but I find in myself nothing but sin and misery.

"He only is my rock and my salvation."

 Do I feed on the Word? That Word would be no food for me unless the Lord made it food for my soul, and helped me to feed upon it.

Do I live on the manna which comes down from heaven? What is that manna but Jesus Christ himself incarnate, whose body and whose blood I eat and drink? Am I continually receiving fresh increase of strength? Where do I gather my might? My help cometh from heaven's hills: without Jesus I can do nothing.

As a branch cannot bring forth fruit except it abide in the vine, no more can I, except I abide in Him. What Jonah learned in the great deep, let me learn this morning in my closet:

"Salvation is of the Lord."

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