Hallelujah - The Lord God omnipotent reigns!
"Who
worketh all things after the
counsel
of
His
own will."
-EPHESIANS
1:11 [KJV]
By
these words the apostle brings before our eyes God's omnipotent
power as carrying into effectual performance the counsel of His
own will towards the objects of His distinguishing favour. An
especial blessing is couched in this. Next to a believing view of the
purposes of God's grace, and a sweet persuasion of our interest in
them, nothing is more strengthening and encouraging than a realising
apprehension of the power of God to carry them into full
execution.
Feeling,
as we do, our own miserable helplessness, sinking under the pressure
of our daily weakness, mourning over continual failures, and grieving
on account of perpetual backslidings, encompassed by foes, and
distressed by fears, how strengthening it is to our faith, thus tried
to the utmost, to believe that He
who has purposed has power to perform.
This persuasion of the almighty power of God was the support and
strength of Abraham's faith, which bore him up in the face of seeming
impossibilities, and whereby he gave glory to God [ROMANS
4:18-21].
When, then, as walking in the steps of the faith of Abraham, we can
look up believingly to the God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ,
as we behold sovereign grace in His
heart, and infinite wisdom in His
mind, so we see almighty strength in His
arm, and thus become sweetly persuaded that all which His
loving heart feels, His
infinite wisdom directs, and His
omnipotent power can execute.
-Gospel
report by preacher J.C. Philpot (1802-1869 A.D.)
January
31st, EARS FROM HARVESTED SHEAVES
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