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February 28
Morning
"My expectation is from him." —
Psa_62:5
It is the believer's privilege to use this language. If he is looking
for aught from the world, it is a poor "expectation" indeed. But if
he looks to God for the supply of his wants, whether in temporal or spiritual
blessings, his "expectation" will not be a vain one. Constantly he
may draw from the bank of faith, and get his need supplied out of the riches of
God's lovingkindness. This I know, I had rather have God for my banker than all
the Rothschilds. My Lord never fails to honour his promises; and when we bring
them to his throne, he never sends them back unanswered. Therefore I will wait
only at his door, for he ever opens it with the hand of munificent grace. At
this hour I will try him anew. But we have "expectations" beyond this
life. We shall die soon; and then our "expectation is from him." Do
we not expect that when we lie upon the bed of sickness he will send angels to
carry us to his bosom? We believe that when the pulse is faint, and the heart
heaves heavily, some angelic messenger shall stand and look with loving eyes
upon us, and whisper, "Sister spirit, come away!" As we approach the
heavenly gate, we expect to hear the welcome invitation, "Come, ye blessed
of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the
world." We are expecting harps of gold and crowns of glory; we are hoping
soon to be amongst the multitude of shining ones before the throne; we are
looking forward and longing for the time when we shall be like our glorious
Lord-for "We shall see him as he is." Then if these be thine
"expectations," O my soul, live for God; live with the desire and
resolve to glorify him from whom cometh all thy supplies, and of whose grace in
thy election, redemption, and calling, it is that thou hast any "expectation"
of coming glory.
Psalms 62:5
soul: Psa_42:5,
Psa_42:11, Psa_43:5, Psa_103:1-2,
Psa_104:1, Psa_104:35, Psa_146:1
wait: Psa_62:1-2,
Psa_27:13-14, Psa_37:34; Lam_3:24-26;
Mic_7:7; Hab_2:3;
Zep_3:8; Joh_6:67-69
my: Psa_39:7,
Psa_71:5; Jer_17:17;
Php_1:20
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Evening
"The barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail,
according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Elijah." — 1Ki_17:16
See the faithfulness of divine love. You observe that this woman had
daily necessities. She had herself and her son to feed in a time of famine; and
now, in addition, the prophet Elijah was to be fed too. But though the need was
threefold, yet the supply of meal wasted not, for she had a constant supply.
Each day she made calls upon the barrel, but yet each day it remained the same.
You, dear reader, have daily necessities, and because they come so frequently,
you are apt to fear that the barrel of meal will one day be empty, and the
cruse of oil will fail you. Rest assured that, according to the Word of God,
this shall not be the case. Each day, though it bring its trouble, shall bring
its help; and though you should live to outnumber the years of Methuselah, and
though your needs should be as many as the sands of the seashore, yet shall
God's grace and mercy last through all your necessities, and you shall never
know a real lack. For three long years, in this widow's days, the heavens never
saw a cloud, and the stars never wept a holy tear of dew upon the wicked earth:
famine, and desolation, and death, made the land a howling wilderness, but this
woman never was hungry, but always joyful in abundance. So shall it be with
you. You shall see the sinner's hope perish, for he trusts his native strength;
you shall see the proud Pharisee's confidence totter, for he builds his hope
upon the sand; you shall see even your own schemes blasted and withered, but
you yourself shall find that your place of defence shall be the munition of
rocks: "Your bread shall be given you, and your water shall be sure."
Better have God for your guardian, than the Bank of England for your
possession. You might spend the wealth of the Indies, but the infinite riches
of God you can never exhaust.
1 Kings 17:16
the barrel: Mat_9:28-30,
Mat_19:26; Luk_1:37, Luk_1:45;
Joh_4:50-51
according: 1Ki_13:5
by Elijah: Heb. by the hand of Elijah, 1Ki_16:12
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e-Sword- the sword of the LORD with an electronic edge.
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