OCTOBER 20

OUR PERSONAL PROMISES

Song of Solomon 8:7

“Many waters cannot quench love, nor can floods drown it.”

Psalm 30:7 

“Lord, by Your favor you have made my mountain to stand strong…..”

Ephesians 1:6

“To the praise of the glory of His grace, wherein He hath made us accepted in the beloved.”

Hebrews 4:16

“Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.”

I Thessalonians 5:24

“Faithful is He that calls you, who also will do it.”

Psalm 36:5

“Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; and your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.”

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.

PASTOR SPURGEON:

How long, O Lord?  Will You forget me forever?” (Psalm 13:1). 

Can God forget you?

 Can unchanging Love forget you?

  Can infinite faithfulness forget you? 

David seemed to think so, and some who are in deep trouble might agree.

You have been praying for mercy but cannot find it. You think that God forgets.  You have been seeking peace but cannot find it.  You think that God forgets.  Perhaps you were the happiest of the happy as you bathed in the light of God’s countenance, but now you are the unhappiest of the unhappy.

You are at a distance from God trying but unable to get back, and you think that God forgets.  Wave upon wave of trouble rolls over you.  You hardly have time to breathe between surges of grief and you are ready to perish with depression.  You think God forgets.

Can Jesus Christ, the Son of God (John 3:16), your brother (Matthew 12:50), ever forget His people?  NO!  A thousand times NO!!

He has been made like us. (Hebrews 2:17).  He can sympathize with our weakness and in all points He was tempted as we are (Hebrews 2:18).  He has inscribed us on the palms of His hand, and our walls are continually before Him (Isaiah 49:16).

Can we look into the face of the Crucified Savior and believe that He is indifferent?  It cannot be!!  Jesus is never indifferent to His people’s trials.  

Do you think that He lived here for thirty years of work and weariness to redeem you and that He will now throw you away?  Do you believe that He endured Gethsemane’s terrible garden with its blood sweat and that He is not concerned about you?

Do you think that he bore all of God’s wrath on your behalf and that He now considers your salvation a trivial thing?  Do you believe that He went to the grave (Matthew 27:59), rose again (Matthew 28:6), and is gone within the veil (Hebrews 10:19-20) to plead your cause before God and that He has no real love for you?   If what Christ has done for you cannot convince you, what can?

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