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

"He made a feast unto all his princes, and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces being before him. When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom, and the honour of his excellent majesty, many days, even an hundred and fourscore days." -Esther 1:3, 4  [KJV] Who can read the account here given of the royalty and liberality of the Persian monarch, without having the mind immediately directed to look at the Lord Jesus, in His royalty and grace, and to consider both the extent of His bounty, and the honour of His excellent majesty, compared to which this earthly potentate sinks to nothing? What though his kingdom reached over a hundred and seven and twenty provinces, from India to Ethiopia? What is this to Him, whose dominion is "from sea to sea, and from the river even unto the ends of the earth;" yea, Who hath "all power in heaven and in earth," and hath "the keys of hell and the grave?" And what

  Behold, What Manner of Man is This? by D.G. Miles McKee   The disciples were exhausted.  Their arsenal of resources had been depleted. They had tried everything and yet their boat was continuing to sink. Then in their wisdom, they turned to Jesus and called on Him for help. In grace and power, He instantly calmed the raging storm, and the astonished would-be mariners were stunned at His authority and majesty. Then they said one to another, “Behold, what manner of man is this ….?” (Mark 4:41). That’s a great question…What manner of man is this man Jesus? Let’s call up some witnesses to testify on His behalf.   Let’s first ask Isaiah. “Isaiah, you are one of the greatest of the prophets what do you say about Jesus?” And Isaiah says, “He is the Mighty God.” (Isaiah 9:6). “He is the Lamb brought to the slaughter.” (Isaiah 53:7).   Let’s now ask Micah. “Micah, do you have anything to say about the Lord Christ?” And Micah replies, “His goings forth are from eternity.” (Micah 5:2).   Now,

"For we are strangers before Thee and sojourners, as were all our fathers; our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding."   -I Chronicles 29:15 [KJV] If you possess the faith of Abraham, Isaac, and, Jacob, you, like them, confess that you are a stranger; and your confession springs out of a believing heart and a feeling experience. You feel yourself a stranger in this ungodly world; it is not your element, it is not your home. You are in it during God's appointed time, but you wander up and down this world a stranger to its company, a stranger to its maxims, a stranger to its fashions, a stranger to its principles, a stranger to its motives, a stranger to its lusts, its inclinations, and all in which this world moves as in its native element.   Grace has separated you by God's distinguishing power, that though you are in the world, you are not of it. I can tell you plainly, if you are at home in the world; if the things of time and sense be your el