the Third Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
John Gossner's Treasury
I will be glad in the Lord. Psalms 104:34. I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. Psalms 34:1. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases. Psalms 103:2-3.
Happy are you if out of the fulness of the heart you can say, ’I will be glad in the Lord. " Blessed are you if your heart has reason to be glad in the Lord; if not only your mouth is full of praise and joy, but if also your heart is full of the grace and mercy of the Lord so that the mouth speaks out of the fulness of the heart. If He has bestowed upon you the forgiveness of sins and given in your heart a letter and a seal thereof which are not antiquated nor rendered unreadable by new sins and acts of infidelity, but which are renewed and refreshed every day by new evidences of grace from the Lord. Then the Holy Ghost daily testifies that He has forgiven you all your sins; and not that only, but He also heals all your diseases; His blood cleanses you from all your uncleanness. Who then shall hinder your joy? Who will refuse to join you in singing praises? Never forget this grace but remind yourself of it every day. There are many who want the forgiveness of their sins, but are unwilling to be healed from their diseases. Therefore their joy can not be perfect. God grant that such joy be not false and hypocritical! The Savior desires both to forgive and to heal. His name "Jesus" means the Savior, the Healer. He cures; He restores the soul to health (Psalms 23:3). He who does not allow himself to be healed from his diseases after his sins have been forgiven, is in danger of forgetting "that he was purged from his old sins," and is "blind" (2 Peter 1:9).
Oh, that all may seek and find
Every good in Christ combined!
Him let Israel still adore,
Trust Him, praise him evermore.
