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TRUSTING GOD ALONE

"The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe. Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh from the LORD. An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked." -Proverbs 29:25-27 [KJV]

The LORD our Healer

"The beloved physician." - Colossians 4:14   My soul, catch a thought of what the apostle hero speaks of the servants to think of the master! If Luke the physician was beloved, how much more so ought Jesus to be by thee in this sweet character. The Son of God came, as the great physician of the soul, to heal all that were diseased, to bind up the broken heart, to give sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, and to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.     My soul, dost thou know Jesus in this tender and affectionate office? Hath He examined thy case, made thee sensible of thy disease; and art thou, through His mercy, restored to health? Though, through shame and fear at the first, you would never have made known your case to Him, had He not first, of His own free accord, called upon you, yet hath He done so?     Have you heard Him ask the tender question, "Wilt thou be made whole?" And have you rejoiced to come under His care? Do you kn...