‘Behold, I have given Him for a leader to the people’ (Isaiah 55:4) This was in consideration of our ignorance. We do not know the way to our heavenly Father’s house, but Jesus is sent to lead the blind by a way they do not know. On account of the difficulties of the way, which […]
TDR: 12 July (Proverbs 28:14)
‘Blessed is the person who always fears the Lord’ (Proverbs 28:14) Godly fear flows from grace, and is always connected with spiritual knowledge. It is the fear of a tender child, who would not on any account grieve a kind and loving parent. It is a covenant blessing. Our God bestows it on all whom […]
TDR: 11 July (Psalm 29:11)
‘The Lord will give strength to his people’ (Psalm 29:11) However hot the war, or sore the trial, we may be sure of this, that “as our day, so shall our strength be” [Deuteronomy 33:25]. God has promised, and He will give. He gives because they are His people, as the Father to His children; […]
TDR: 10 July (Proverbs 27:18)
‘Whoever waits upon their master shall be honoured’ (Proverbs 27:18) And who is our master but Jesus? Someone is your master: His name is the LORD JESUS CHRIST. We have chosen to serve Him, because He chose to save us. He has given us the knowledge of salvation by the forgiveness of our sins, so […]
TDR: 9 July (Isaiah 46:10)
‘I will do all that I please’ (Isaiah 46:10) The purposes of God cannot be frustrated. His holy mind can never be disappointed. His will is law. His counsel must stand. He is in one mind, and no one can turn Him. He takes pleasure in those that fear Him and in those that hope […]
TDR: 8 July (1 Corinthians 14:1)
‘Follow the way of love’ (1 Corinthians 14:1) CHARITY is love: and what can be so worthy of the Christian’s thought, care, and anxious desire, as LOVE? Love to God, the centre and source of all excellence; to Jesus, the Mediator of the new covenant, the personification of everything that is lovely; to believers, for […]
TDR: 7 July (Isaiah 43:25)
‘I will not remember your sins’ (Isaiah 43:25) We should fear nothing except sin; and we have no need to fear whether God will pardon and save us from our sin, if we believe in Jesus, confess and forsake our sin. He has promised, “I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and […]
TDR: 6 July (Isaiah 8:10)
‘God is with us’ (Isaiah 8:10) The Lord’s people are never alone; therefore they should not feel lonely. God is with them as an OBSERVER – He notices every thought, word and action; every trial, every foe, and every danger. He is with them as a FATHER – loving and holding communion with them. He […]
TDR: 5 July (Exodus 3:7)
‘I know their sorrows’ (Exodus 3:7) The Lord is acquainted with all the sorrows of His people; they do not suffer unnoticed; He sympathises with them, and will send sorrow and comfort to them. Israel suffered, but Jesus sympathised. “In all their affliction He was afflicted; and the angel of His presence saved them; in […]
TDR: 4 July (John 15:26)
Jesus said: ‘He [the Holy Spirit] will testify about me’ (John 15:26) It is the office and work of the Holy Spirit to bear testimony to Jesus; He has done so in the word; there Christ is presented in His glory and grace. He testifies to Jesus by the preaching of the gospel; for we […]
TDR: 3 July (Hosea 10:2)
‘Their heart is deceitful [divided (KJV)]’ (Hosea 10:2) This is a very serious charge, because God demands the whole heart, and His people profess to surrender it. But should we not be concerned that many are guilty on this matter? They appear so undecided, that we must think that the heart is divided between God […]
TDR: 2 July (Zechariah 2:8)
‘Whoever touches you, touches the apple of His eye’ (Zechariah 2:8) How infinitely tender is the Lord God Almighty towards His people! They had just been visited with severe judgements; they were reduced to great straits; they appeared to be neglected by God; they were generally despised; they had only just escaped from the enemy’s […]
TDR: 1 July (Deuteronomy 4:31)
‘The Lord your God is a merciful God’ (Deuteronomy 4:31) It is not uncommon to mistake the true character of God, and conceive of Him in ways which dishonour His name and distress our own souls. It is plainly and frequently asserted in the Bible, that our God is merciful and the same is satisfactorily […]