NOVEMBER 28

OUR PERSONAL PROMISES

Daniel 3:25

“Look!” he answered, “I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.”

John 14:1

“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.”

Luke 12:32

“Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.”

Ephesians 3:16-19

“that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height—  to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.”

Psalm 94:19

“In the multitude of my anxieties within me, Your comforts delight my soul.”

Psalm 16:8

“I have set the Lord always before me; Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.”

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:

You would never possess a precious, supporting faith were it not for your fiery trials.  You are a tree that would never have rooted so well if the wind had not rocked and made you take firm hold on the precious truths of the covenant of grace.  Special trials bring special visits.  It may be that Christ would never have come to Bethany if Lazarus had not died. Christian, if will comfort and strengthen your faith if Christ comes to you in your troubles.

In prosperity, you do not see the smiles in His face.  But you will see them in adversity because the Lord Jesus will go out of His way to visit you.  You may be healthy and strong and have little fellowship with Christ, but when you are sick He will make your bed.  Though you might walk on green grass without the Savior, when you come into the midst of the fire He will be with you.  Christ will reveal Himself when trials surround you, and then you will have deliverance.

All too often, we believers watch the gathering clouds and forecast storms and anticipate troubles. Some of us confess that times of depression are coming.  We see our business slipping away, and we worry about the future.  We worry about our children, for we see the various tendencies in young people, and we worry about the way they will go.  Our health declines and we wonder what to do when the disease gets worse.  Yet our Lord Jesus Christ counsels us, “Let not your heart be troubled.”

Do not fear!  Has not God helped you in every plight already?  When we cast our cares on the Lord, to do as He wills, at no time will He be unkind.  He will never put us in the furnace unless He intends to purge our dross, and the furnace will not be one degree warmer than is absolutely necessary.  Mercy will always balance misery; strength will always support burden.  The Lord is our friend; He will never be our foe.

The road may be rough, but the end is sure if you are saved.  We are going to the kingdom, to the land where all the believers will be princes and kings.  Take heart.  What difference does it make if our accommodations are sparse here, if the passage is rough, if the winds are boisterous?  There is a kingdom ahead!  Make the best of this voyage.  Do not be fainthearted. 

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