the Third Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
John Gossner's Treasury
Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! Deuteronomy 33:29. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalms 33:12. Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee. Blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. Psalms 84:5; Psalms 84:12.
If Moses called the people of Israel ’’blessed,’’ because the Lord took up their cause in their wars against other nations and overcame their enemies, how much more ought not we to call ourselves and all those blessed who together with us believe in Jesus, love Him, and carry His saving grace and love in our hearts, have the forgiveness of sins, Spirit and life in Him, that we might serve Him in a living hope of eternal life! Yea, blessed art thou, O people, who art saved in the Lord whose Lord and God is Jesus Christ. Blessed art thou. O people, that thy strength is in Him, that thou trusteth in Him alone, that thou buildest upon His merits and His grace alone. He shall be the shield of thy help and the sword of thy excellency. If you cling to Him alone, and love Him with all your soul, you shall by a living faith in Him as with a shield avoid all the fiery darts of Satan; you shall with His living word as a two-edged sword defeat all the enemies of your soul, conquer in all spiritual wars, and win the crown of life. Blessed art thou, God’s Israel, who is like unto thee? Where is there a people with such a King, such a Head, such rights, such treasures and wealth, such hopes and such outlook as to eternity? Thy King is with thee, and in thee; He is thine, and all things are thine with Him.
In our weakness and distress,
Rock of strength! be Thou our stay:
In the pathless wilderness,
Be our true and living way.
