NOVEMBER 17

OUR PERSONAL PROMISES

2 Peter 1:3

“as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue,”

2 Corinthians 9:8

“And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.”

Romans 8:28

“And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.”

Philippians 1:6

“being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;”

James 1:6-7

“But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.  For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;”

Psalm 37:25

“I have been young, and now am old; Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his descendants begging bread.”

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:

“If a son asks for bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone?  Or if he asks for a fish will he give him a serpent instead of a fish?  Or if he asks for an egg, will he give him a scorpion?  If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy spirit to those who ask Him!”  (Luke 11:11-13).

If we ask God for our daily bread, He will not give us useless, teeth-breaking, unsatisfying stones.  When we pray for needful things, He will supply them.  As our faith grows stronger, we may ask for a fish that is not a necessity but a tasty relish.  Then, if we are bold enough to ask for spiritual comforts, consoling gifts, and sufficient graces, our heavenly Father will give as much as we can carry.

Only once in Scripture did anyone eat an egg  That was in Job 6:6.  We don’t find poultry until our Savior’s day.  Chickens were so valuable that eggs were an uncommon luxury.  Yet, if a child was bold enough to ask for something this valuable, the father did not put a scorpion in the child’s hand.  If I can summon enough faith to ask for Christ’s highest blessings and the most rapt and intense fellowship with Him, I will not receive an intoxicating excitement, a delirious fanaticism, or some other deadly or injurious thing.

Your present condition is from the Lord.   He has not given you a stone, a serpent, or a scorpion.  What He has given you may seem hard, but it is for your lasting good.  Trials may surround you, but God will bring good out of the apparent evil (Genesis 5:20).  Even now, infinite wisdom is fulfilling your wish.  Amid fiery trials your faith is honoring God.  Every circumstance of your affliction is made subservient to the perfection of your soul.

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