the Fourth Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
John Gossner's Treasury
Trust in the Lord and do good, and he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday. Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee; and the Lord shall keep the righteous, and deliver them. Psalms 37:3.
He who trusts in the Lord shall not be ashamed. In this song godly men of all times have joined, and it has never yet been found to be false. You would be the first pious man to be forsaken by God, and to make His word a lie. Only cling to Him, and you shall stand as long as He stands. You will not fall unless He falls. But you do not expect that that will happen; you do expect succor, comfort and deliverance. That which God has promised will surely come sometime; it can not forever fail. Everything shall come to an end; hence, also, your distress, your misery, and your complaint. God only and His help, His comfort, never ends, but remains forever. Love never fails. “I have seen an end of all perfection: but Thy commandment is exceeding broad," says David (Psalms 119:96). “I waited patiently for the Lord; and He inclined unto me, and heard my cry" (Psalms 40:1). This you also shall confess concerning the Lord, if you wait unto the end. Nothing under the sun shall remain as it is; everything changes. The heavens and the earth shall wax old as a garment; but the Lord your God is unchangeable, and shall remain the same forever (Hebrews 1:11). If your sky be ever so clouded, it shall become, clear again when the storm is past. "Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart. Wait, I say, on the Lord, and He shall exalt thee to inherit the land" (Psalms 27:14; Psalms 37:34).
Lord Jesus, my Salvation,
My Love and Life divine.
My only Consolation,
To Thee I all resign;
For Thou hast dearly bought me
With blood and bitter pain,
Let me, since Thou hast sought me,
Eternal Life obtain.
