Almighty God's Good Will to His people

"The good will of Him that dwelt in the bush." -Deuteronomy 33:16 [KJV]

And who is this, my soul; who indeed can it be but Jesus? Surely He is the glorious person. It was good will, in the highest possible instance of it, that prompted His infinite mind, from everlasting, to love His people, to engage for them in suretyship engagements, and to stand up and come forth, at the call of God the Father, as the Head of His body the church. It was a continuation of the same good will which prompted Him, in the fulness of time, to assume our nature for the purposes of fulfilling those engagements.  

Then it was, indeed, He dwelt in the bush; for what is our nature, at the best, but a poor dry bramble bush, fit for burning? But yet, by Christ in it, so sustained, and so preserved, that though the bush burns with fire, even the fiery lusts of our corruptions, and the fiery darts of the wicked, and all the fiery opposition of the world, it shall not be consumed. Precious Jesus! What good will hast Thou shewn, dost Thou shew, and everlastingly wilt shew, to our poor nature, since Thou hast been in it, and art now, indeed, the dweller in it.  

And did Moses, when dying, thus connect the firstviews of Thy love, when from the burning bash Thou didst make Thyself known to him, as God tabernacling in our flesh, for the purpose of salvation, with his last views as he was closing his eyes to this world, and looking up to Thee as Godman Mediator, and thus pray for Thy good will to the church? Oh then, let my every-day meditation do the same.  

Lord Jesus, I would seek Thee and Thy good will beyond all the riches of the earth, and all the enjoyments of the world. Lord, I would never forget that it was Thy good will which brought Thee down from heaven; Thy good will which prompted Thee to die, to rise again, for poor sinners; Thy good will which makes Thee wash them from all their sins in Thy blood; all the visits of Thy grace here, all the glories of redemption hereafter; all are the purchase and the result of Thy good will.  

Precious Lord, do Thou, day by day, grant me renewed tokens of Thy good will; and let those visits be so gracious, so sweet, and so continual, that I may think of nothing else, speak of nothing else, but the good will of my dweller in the bush. I would pray for grace to spend all the moments of my life here in receiving from Thee grace and love, and bringing to Thee love and praise, until Thou shalt take me home to live at the fountain of Thy good will, and the whole happiness of eternity consists in the praises of God and the Lamb, and in enjoying "the good will of Him that dwelt in the bush." 

-preacher Robert Hawker (1753-1827 A.D.)

August 15th, THE POOR MAN'S MORNING PORTION   


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