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"A very present help." - Psalm 46:1
Covenant blessings are not meant to be looked at only, but to be appropriated.
Even our Lord Jesus is given to us for our present use. Believer, thou dost not
make use of Christ as thou oughtest to do. When thou art in trouble, why dost
thou not tell him all thy grief? Has he not a sympathizing heart, and can he not
comfort and relieve thee? No, thou art going about to all thy friends, save thy
best Friend, and telling thy tale everywhere except into the bosom of thy Lord.
Art thou burdened with this day's sins? Here is a fountain filled with blood:
use it, saint, use it. Has a sense of guilt returned upon thee? The pardoning
grace of Jesus may be proved again and again. Come to him at once for cleansing.
Dost thou deplore thy weakness? He is thy strength: why not lean upon him? Dost
thou feel naked? Come hither, soul; put on the robe of Jesus' righteousness.
Stand not looking at it, but wear it. Strip off thine own righteousness, and
thine own fears too: put on the fair white linen, for it was meant to wear. Dost
thou feel thyself sick? Pull the night-bell of prayer, and call up the Beloved
Physician! He will give the cordial that will revive thee. Thou art poor, but
then thou hast "a kinsman, a mighty man of wealth." What! wilt thou not go to
him, and ask him to give thee of his abundance, when he has given thee this
promise, that thou shalt be joint heir with him, and has made over all that he
is and all that he has to be thine? There is nothing Christ dislikes more than
for his people to make a show-thing of him, and not to use him. He loves to be
employed by us. The more burdens we put on his shoulders, the more precious will
he be to us.
"Let us be simple with him, then, Not backward, stiff, or cold, As though our
Bethlehem could be What Sinai was of old."
See Also:
Daily Devotional: Today With Jesus
Daily Devotional: My Utmost for His Highest
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