Looking for His glorious appearing! Titus 2:13

The Lord Hath Taken You to be Unto Him a People of Inheritance - Deuteronomy 4:20
Jan 24th, 2019
Morning MeditationF.B. M eyer
Categories: Contemporary Issues;Inspirational;Book Study

The Apostle' prays that we may know the riches of the glory of God's inheritance in His saints. God is our inheritance, and we are His. We are called to possess Him; He desires to possess us. His nature will yield crops of holy helpfulness to those who diligently seek Him; and He demands crops of holy love and devotion from ours.

What Sovereign Grace is here! - There was nothing in us to distinguish us from others. We were but part of the great moorland waste, when He fenced us in, and placed us under His tillage and husbandry. It is by the grace of God that we are what we are. "To the praise of the glory of His grace, wherein He hath made us accepted in the Beloved: in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace."

What responsibility! - Three times over in this chapter we are bidden to take heed to ourselves. It is no small thing to have been the subjects of God's special workmanship; because He is a jealous God, very quick to mark the least symptom of declension, and very searching in His dealing and discipline. As we learn here, our God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

What Hope! - We cannot derive much from ourselves, however we toil and strive. Self cannot discipline self to any advantage. The field is worked out. The Divine Husbandman must put into us what He would take out of us; He needs therefore to have almost infinite resources. But these are God's, and if we yield ourselves to Him, He can make all grace abound toward us, that we, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound unto every good work.

Be Strong and of a Good Courage; be not Afraid, Neither be Thou Dismayed
Jan 24th, 2019
Morning MeditationArt Sadlier
Categories: Commentary

"Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest". Joshua 1:9

The Lord had called Joshua to take the place of Moses, Moses had led the children of Israel out and now Joshua was to lead them in. In our text the Lord is reminding Joshua of His instructions. "Have not I commanded thee", Joshua was a man under a divine command, all of God's children are under His command, we have battles to be fought and victories to be won. Joshua's command was not an easy task, God's commands are always for our good and His glory.

"Be strong", the battle is the Lord's but we are not robots, we are to use our God given capacities to do that which God has called us to do. We are to be strong in faith. "and of a good courage", courage that comes from confidence in God is a mighty force. "Be not afraid", fear is a denial of God's promises, His ability to help and His faithfulness and His love. "Neither be thou dismayed", don't be discouraged, how prone we are to forget what God has done for us in the past and become discouraged. That's an insult to God. Now here is the reason that we can be strong and courageous and be fearless and not be discouraged, "For the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever goest". If God is with us all of these things are possible, we can be more than conquerors.