DECEMBER 16

OUR PERSONAL PROMISES

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Isaiah 49:15

“Can a woman forget her nursing child, and not have compassion on the son of her womb?

Surely they may forget, yet I will not forget you.”

Psalm 27:10

“When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take care of me”

Isaiah 43:2

“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you: when you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon you.”

IIChronicles 16:9

“For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is toward Him.”

Zephaniah 3:17

“The Lord your God in the midst of you is mighty, He will save, He will rejoice over you with joy: He will rest in His love, He will joy over you with singing.”

Ephesians 1:19

“And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us who believe, according to the working of his mighty power.”

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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.

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PASTOR SPURGEON:

Do not ask to be rid of your trouble.  Do not ask for ease, comfort, or any other form of happiness.  It is enough if you remember this delightful expression from Paul,   “ ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.’  Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.  Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake.  For when I am weak, then I am strong.” (2 Corinthians 12:9-10.

Repeat these words, then believe that the Well-beloved (Jesus) looks on you and whispers, “My love is enough.”  If you have asked Him three times to deliver you from your present affliction, like Paul did in verse 12:8, hear Him reply, “Why ask any more?  My love is enough.”

Say:

“Yes, Lord, indeed it is.”

“If I am poor, if You willed me to be poor, then I am content because Your love is enough.”

“If I am sick, Your love is enough if You visit and reveal Your heart to me.”

“If  they persecute and forsake me, I will bear it cheerfully if a sense of Your love sustains me.  If I am left alone with no one to care for me, if my father and my mother forsake me, and if every friend proves a Judas, your love is enough!”

Can you see how these words comforted Paul as he understood them in this primary and most natural sense? (As, in effect, Jesus answered his pleading to have his physical problems relieved in 2Corinthians chapter 12)  Jesus, to Paul and us:    “Oh Paul, it is sufficient that I have made you a chosen vessel to witness My name among the Gentiles.  It is enough that I have loved you from before the foundation of the world.  I have redeemed you with My precious blood.  I called when you were a blasphemer.  I changed your heart and made you love Me.  I have kept you to this day, and I will keep you by My boundless love to the end.  My love is enough.  Do not ask to be set free from this buffeting.  Do not ask to be delivered from weakness and trial.  These will enable you to better enjoy My favor, and that is enough.”

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