_I waited patiently for the Lord; and He inclined unto me, and heard my cry._ WAITING FOR THE LORD There is a Divine law of waiting which has an essential connection with the larger law of giving. I. In waiting for god we discover our distance from him. God may be near us, and we far off from Him... [ Continue Reading ]
_He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay._ OUT OF THE PIT I. His condition. 1. He was sunk in deep and dark depression. He was what we describe as “down,” brought very low, plunged into great despondency and despair. We very well know what brings men into the pit. Grief... [ Continue Reading ]
_And He hath put a new song in my mouth._ THE NEW SONG ON EARTH I. We have here A man wondering to find himself singing. God had put a new song into his mouth, and it was a marvel even to himself. What makes you wonder so? Other people sing: why is it at all a wonder that you should? He answers, “I... [ Continue Reading ]
_Blessed is the man who maketh the Lord his trust._ THE BLESSEDNESS OF MAKING THE LORD OUR TRUST I. What is implied by our trust. 1. That it rests in the Lord Himself. 2. It sets aside all self-confidence. II. Some reasons why the man who makes the Lord his trust is blessed. 1. He acts in acco... [ Continue Reading ]
_Many, O Lord my God, are Thy wonderful works which Thou hast done, and Thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto Thee._ GOD’S WONDERFUL WORKS AND THOUGHTS TO US-WARD I. Let us recall some of the wondrous works and thoughts of God to usward during the year. 1. The... [ Continue Reading ]
_Sacrifice and offering Thou didst not desire; mine ears hast Thou opened: burnt-offering and sin-offering hast Thou not required._ Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me. CHRIST THE ONLY SUFFICIENT SACRIFICE Among the many irrefragable proofs that we belong to a fa... [ Continue Reading ]
_I delight to do Thy will, O my God._ DUTY A DELIGHT “I delight to do Thy will, O my God.” In other words, God’s pleasure is his pleasure. “Yea, Thy law is within my heart,” the object of choice and love. I. We instinctively recognize here an expression of the highest type of piety, This marks th... [ Continue Reading ]
_I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, Thou knowest._ CHRISTIAN CONVERSATION There is a recluse and sequestered piety in the world which shuns expression. It preserves decorum and propriety; but it rarely speaks out for Christ. We are al... [ Continue Reading ]
_Innumerable evils have compassed me about._ OUT OF THE DEPTHS I. A soul beset. 1. He is made to see the countless number of his sins. It is wonderful what a ray of light will do; the sun suddenly shines into a room, and the whole air seems full of innumerable specks of dust, dancing up and down... [ Continue Reading ]
_Let such as love Thy salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified._ LOVING GOD’S SALVATION All who are saved unto eternal life not only accept God’s salvation from a sense of their absolute and urgent need of it as the alone method that meets their case, but they fall in love with it, give it... [ Continue Reading ]
_I am poor and needy, yet the Lord thinketh upon me._ GOD THINKS UPON HIS PEOPLE I. A humble condition. “I am poor and needy.” Now, a man may be thus-- 1. Spiritually--sin has brought them thus low. 2. Experimentally-for they feel it. 3. Comparatively--that is, with the treasures of grace he de... [ Continue Reading ]