Encouragement in Christ JESUS ~ 05 November, 2024 A.D.
" Therefore will I look unto the L ORD : I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me." -Micah 7:7 [KJV] Here is a soul exclaiming against the very worst of foes. “A man’s enemies are the men of his own house.” Under such experience, behold and imitate the conduct before us. Here are two acts of the mind, and the cry of faith. (1st.) I will look . The Lord is the object looked to. Blessed be the Spirit, he opens our eyes to see Him, and our hearts to believe His love to us and care for us. Then we know the voice of Christ and obey it. He says, “Look unto Me, and be ye saved , ” (Isaiah 45:22.) Whenever distressed with enemies from within and without, sin, Satan, or the world, here is our warrant, to look unto the Lord. He assures us of salvation from them. We shall find and feel these enemies, to the end of life. Therefore looking unto the Lord, is to be the constant work of life. O the special mercy to have such a Lord to look to! Shame to u...