‘Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord’Psalm 27:14. Wait! Wait! Let your waiting be on the Lord! He is worth waiting for. He never disappoints the waiting soul. While waiting keep up your spirits. Expect a...
‘Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted’ Isaiah 49:13. So sweet are the comforts of the Lord, that not only the saints themselves may sing of...
‘God shall be with you’ Genesis 48:21. Good old Jacob could no more be with Joseph, for his hour had come to die: but he left his son without anxiety, for he said with confidence, ‘God shall be with you.’ When our dearest relations, or our most helpful friends, are...
‘He that watereth shall be watered also himself.’ Proverbs 11:25. If I carefully consider others, God will consider me; and in some way or other he will recompense me....
‘I will strengthen thee’Isaiah 41:10. When called to serve or to suffer, we take stock of our strength, and we find it to be less than we thought, and less than we need. But let not our heart sink within us while we have such a word as this to fall back upon, for it...
‘Yea, I will help thee’Isaiah 41:10. Yesterday’s promise secured us strength for what we have to do, but this guarantees us aid in cases where we cannot act alone. The Lord says, ‘I will help thee.’ Strength within is supplemented by help without. God can raise us up...
