THE GREAT CALM “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.” Mark 6:50 “It is I” (or as our old version has it, more in accordance with the original), “I AM! do not be afraid!” Jesus lives! His people may dispel their misgivings—Omnipotence treads the waves! To sense it may seem at times to be otherwise—wayward […]
God Promises “[I] will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty” (2 Corinthians 6:18). “Ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus” (Galatians 3:26). “Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, […]
PROVIDENTIAL OVERRULING “All things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.” —Romans 8:28 My soul! Be still! You are in the hands of your Covenant God. Were all the strange circumstances in your history the result of accident, or chance, you might well […]
PEACE IN BELIEVING “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you; not as the world gives.” —John 14:27 “You will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You.” “Perfect peace!”—what a blessed attainment! My soul! is it yours? I am sure it is not, if you are seeking it […]
SOVEREIGNTY “How precious also are Your thoughts unto me, O God!” I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things. Isaiah 45:7What a sad world this would be, were it governed by Fate. Were its blended lights and shadows, its joys and sorrows, the […]
“Come unto me all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” —Matthew 11:28. Gracious “word” of a gracious Savior, on which the soul may confidingly repose, and be at peace forever! It is a present rest—the rest of grace as well as the rest of glory. Not only are […]
“I will never leave you, nor forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5 No human friend can say so. The closest and dearest of earthly links may be broken, yes! have been broken. Distance may part, time estrange, and the grave separate. Loving earthly looks may only greet you now in mute smiles from the portrait on the wall. […]
– John Mac Duff – “How precious also are Your thoughts unto me, O God!” And I will betroth you unto Me forever; yes, I will betroth you unto Me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in loving-kindness, and in mercies. Hosea 2:19 The most endearing as well as the most exalted relationships of earth […]
“How precious also are Your thoughts unto me, O God!” “Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet My unfailing love for you will not be shaken, nor My covenant of peace be removed,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you. Isaiah 54:10 The mountains are the most stable objects in the […]