Daily
Devotions.
Extract
from
e-Sword-
the sword of the LORD with an electronic edge.
Through the Bible
Day by Day.(F.B Meyer)
February 22
Morning
"His bow abode in strength, and the
arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of
Jacob." — Gen_49:24
That strength which God gives to his
Josephs is real strength; it is not a boasted
valour, a fiction, a thing of
which men talk, but which ends in smoke; it is true-divine strength. Why does
Joseph stand against temptation? Because God gives him aid. There is nought
that we can do without the power of God. All true strength comes from "the
mighty God of Jacob." Notice in what a blessedly familiar way God gives
this strength to Joseph-"The arms of his hands were made strong by the
hands of the mighty God of Jacob." Thus God is represented as putting his
hands on Joseph's hands, placing his arms on Joseph's arms. Like as a father
teaches his children, so the Lord teaches them that fear him. He puts his arms
upon them. Marvellous condescension! God Almighty, Eternal, Omnipotent, stoops
from his throne and lays his hand upon the child's hand, stretching his arm
upon the arm of Joseph, that he may be made strong! This strength was also
covenant strength, for it is ascribed to "the mighty God of Jacob."
Now, wherever you read of the God of Jacob in the Bible, you should remember
the covenant with Jacob. Christians love to think of God's covenant. All the
power, all the grace, all the blessings, all the mercies, all the comforts, all
the things we have, flow to us from the well-head, through the covenant. If
there were no covenant, then we should fail indeed; for all grace proceeds from
it, as light and heat from the sun. No angels ascend or descend, save upon that
ladder which Jacob saw, at the top of which stood a covenant God. Christian, it
may be that the archers have sorely grieved you, and shot at you, and wounded
you, but still your bow abides in strength; be sure, then, to ascribe all the
glory to Jacob's God.
Referance
Vers
Genesis 49:24
His bow: Neh_6:9; Psa_27:14,
Psa_28:8, Psa_89:1;
Col_1:11; 2Ti_4:17
Were made: Job_29:20; Psa_18:32-35,
Psa_37:14-15, Psa_44:7; Zec_10:12;
Rom_14:4
The mighty: Gen_35:10-11; Exo_3:6;
Psa_18:1, Psa_18:30,
Psa_18:32, Psa_18:34, Psa_132:2,
Psa_132:5; Isa_29:24, Isa_60:16
The shepherd: Gen_45:5, Gen_45:7,
Gen_45:11, Gen_47:12, Gen_50:21;
Num_27:16-18; Deu_34:9; Jos_1:1-9,
Jos_24:1-33; Psa_80:1
The stone: Deu_32:4;
Psa_118:22; Isa_28:16; Zec_3:9;
Mat_21:42; Mar_12:10; Luk_20:17;
Act_4:11; Eph_2:20;
1Pe_2:4-8
Extract
from
e-Sword-
the sword of the LORD with an electronic edge.
Through the Bible Day by Day.(F.B Meyer)
Evening
"The Lord is slow to anger, and great
in power." — Nah_1:3
Jehovah
"is slow to anger." When mercy cometh into the world she driveth
winged steeds; the axles of her chariot-wheels are red hot with speed; but when
wrath goeth forth, it toileth on with tardy footsteps, for God taketh no
pleasure in the sinner's death. God's rod of mercy is ever in his hands
outstretched; his sword of justice is in its scabbard, held down by that pierced
hand of love which bled for the sins of men. "The Lord is slow to
anger," because he is GREAT IN POWER. He is truly great in power who hath
power over himself. When God's power doth restrain himself, then it is power
indeed: the power that binds omnipotence is omnipotence surpassed. A man who
has a strong mind can bear to be insulted long, and only resents the wrong when
a sense of right demands his action. The weak mind is irritated at a little:
the strong mind bears it like a rock which moveth not, though a thousand
breakers dash upon it, and cast their pitiful malice in spray upon its summit.
God marketh his enemies, and yet he bestirs not himself, but holdeth in his
anger. If he were less divine than he is, he would long ere this have sent forth
the whole of his thunders, and emptied the magazines of heaven; he would long
ere this have blasted the earth with the wondrous fires of its lower regions,
and man would have been utterly destroyed; but the greatness of his power
brings us mercy. Dear reader, what is your state this evening? Can you by
humble faith look to Jesus, and say, "My substitute, thou art my rock, my
trust"? Then, beloved, be not afraid of God's power; for by faith you have
fled to Christ for refuge, the power of God need no more terrify you, than the
shield and sword of the warrior need terrify those whom he loves. Rather
rejoice that he who is "great in power" is your Father and Friend.
Referance Vers
Nahum 1:3
slow: Exo_34:6-7; Neh_9:17; Psa_103:8, Psa_145:8; Joe_2:13; Jon_4:2; Jas_1:19
great: Job_9:4; Psa_62:11, Psa_66:3, Psa_147:5; Eph_1:19-20
and will: Num_14:18; Job_10:14
his way: Exo_19:16-18; Deu_5:22-24; 1Ki_19:11-13; Job_38:1; Psa_18:7-15, Psa_50:3; Psa_97:2-5, Psa_104:3; Isa_19:1, Isa_66:15; Dan_7:13; Hab_3:5-15; Zec_9:14; Mat_26:64; Rev_1:7
Extract
from
e-Sword-
the sword of the LORD with an electronic edge.
Through
the Bible Day by Day.(F.B Meyer)
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