SEPTEMBER 12

OUR PERSONAL PROMISES

Psalm 91:1-2

“He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High

Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress;

My God, in Him I will trust.”

Psalm 91:9-12

“Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge,

Even the Most High, your dwelling place,

 No evil shall befall you,

Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;

For He shall give His angels charge over you,

To keep you in all your ways.

In their hands they shall bear you up,

Lest you dash your foot against a stone.

Ps 91:14-15

“Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him;

I will set him on high, because he has known My name.

He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him;

I will be with him in trouble;

I will deliver him and honor him.”

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This month we will read choices from  Charles Spurgeon’s (known affectionately as the “prince of preachers”)  devotional, “Beside Still Waters.”  It’s no secret that this world system is getting more evil by the day.  We have to stand strong in the Lord and look to Him more than ever to get through, and to be guided through, what is in the future……..known and allowed  by Him alone…..as well as whatever personal things we are experiencing in our lives.

Sorrow can be greatly alleviated if we give serious thought to the Word.  Evidently, this is what Job did when he said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb and naked shall I return.  The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.” (Job 1:21.

Here the patriarch recalls at least four subjects for serious consideration, and he draws great comfort from them.

Use Job as your example.  Do not merely sit still and say, “I shall be comforted.”  Look for themes on which to meditate profitably.  Get an anchor-hold on some great and clearly ascertained truth, a truth in which you can have no possible doubt.  Then you may begin to be comforted.

Do you remember how David talked to himself as if he were another person?  “Why are you cast down, O my soul?  And why are you disquieted within me?  Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him for the help of His countenance.” (Psalm 42:5).

You see, there are two Davids talking and cheering one another.  We should always be good company with ourselves.  We should always be able to interrogate ourselves, and in deep sorrow we should be able to comfort ourselves

When you have learned this lesson, you will have learned the art of comforting others.

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