Each New Day a Memorial of God's Grace in Christ JESUS

"And this day shall be unto you for a memorial." -Exodus 12:14 [KJV]

It is blessed to end the month, and end every day, as we would wish and desire to end life, blessing and praising God in Christ; rising from the table of divine bounties, and thanking the great Master of the feast. Pause, my soul, and see whether, in the past month, such hath been thine experience of sovereign grace and unmerited mercies, that thou canst now set up thine Ebenezer, and mark this day for a memorial.  

What visits hath Jesus made to thee, my soul; and how hath thine heart been drawn out after Him? Hath the Father, as well as the Son, come and made His abode with thee? Hath the Holy Ghost, the glorious inhabitant in the souls and bodies of His people, manifested His continued presence to thee? This day is indeed a memorial, if, in summing up the wonderful account of divine manifestations of divine love in providence and grace, during the month now nearly closed, and the years already passed, thou canst mark down the blessed enumeration.  

And will not my Lord, while the day is not passed, and yet remains to be added to the month, will He not make it memorable by some renewed favour? Oh, for some new visits from Father, Son, and Spirit—this morning, this day, and all the day!  

As long as I live I would have my soul going forth in exercises of faith and love upon the person of Emanuel, that I may carefully mark down the numberless instances of it. Here, I would say, Jesus visited me; here it was He met me, here He shewed me His loves, and made the place and day ever memorable by His grace. 

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

September 30th, THE POOR MAN'S MORNING PORTION 


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