Encouragement in Christ
"Open
thy mouth wide, and I will fill it."
-PSALM
81:10 [KJV]
When
the Lord favours your soul with sweet access at a throne of grace,
make the most of it. What should we think of the master of a vessel
coming up the river, if, when the wind was favourable and the tide
served, he would not heave her anchor, or hoisted but her fore-sail
to the breeze, and would not take full advantage of wind and tide?
Now it is so sometimes with our souls; a gale blows, a gale of grace
on the soul, and the tide of faith rises. Is it not our wisdom, and
is it not our mercy, at such a rare season, to make the most of it?
If the Lord deign to give us an ear, is it not our mercy to tell him
all that our souls desire?
Do
you recollect what the prophet said to the king who only struck his
arrows three times on the ground, and then stayed? "The man of
God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or
six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it;
whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice" [II
KINGS 13:19].
Sometimes it is so with us. When the Lord gives us some little access
unto himself, we do not make the most of it. Satan casts in some
fiery dart, some worldly circumstance distracts our mind, some filthy
imagination rises up in our bosom; and instead of resisting the devil
that he may flee from us, we give way to him; the opportunity is
gone, the sweet moment is lost, and it may be months before we get
the ear of the King again. It will, therefore, be your wisdom and
your mercy, when the gale blows, and the tide rises, to spread every
sail, and to get as far as you can on your course to the haven of
eternal rest and joy.
-Gospel
report by preacher J.C. Philpot (1802-1869 A.D.)
June
1st, EARS FROM HARVESTED SHEAVES
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