"Salvation is of the LORD." -Jonah 2:9

"For I know the thoughts that I think towards you, saith the L ORD ; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end." -Jeremiah 29:11 [KJV] My soul! thou art "looking for the mercy of thy Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life." This is thy One object, and that One object is centered in Jesus. But in the view of this, thou art sadly put to it, at times, by thwarting providences, that seem to come between. It would be a blessed help to thee, hadst thou grace always to keep in remembrance what the Lord saith in this blessed scripture: "I know the thoughts that I think towards you; thoughts of peace, and not of evil." And how truly fulfilled are these things in the redemption by Jesus! In Him the foundation is laid for the accomplishment; and "He is of one mind, and who can turn Him?" Be the outward appearances of things what they may, yet the Lord is everlastingly pursuing one and the same invariable plan of mercy.   His providenc...

"But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me." - Psalm 40:17 [KJV] Are there not solemn seasons in your soul, when you think upon the Lord? When you lie awake, perhaps at midnight, thinking upon God, upon His truth, His love, His word, His dealings with your soul, and your desires, prayers, and breathings all flow forth to His sacred Majesty—is not this some evidence that you are thinking upon His name? And be assured that if you think upon Him, He has thought upon you.   Look at the giddy multitude. Do they think upon God? Is Jesus ever felt to be precious to their souls? Do they pant after Him as the hart after the water brooks? No; their language is, "There is no God." It is not their spoken language, but it is their inward language.   But through mercy you can say, that you think upon God; and thus there is some evidence, though you cannot rise up to the assurance of it, that He thinketh upon you. And if He thinks upon you, His thoughts are thoughts...