‘He has done everything well’ (Mark 7:37)

This was the testimony of the multitude concerning Jesus. He did many things, but He did everything well. Are we able to proclaim the same testimony this morning?

He called us by His grace; and when we reflect upon the means, the manner, and the period, must we not also say, “He did it well?” He has tested us in many ways; but when we think of His design, the mercies He mingled with the afflictions, and the deliverance He granted us out of them, must we also not say, “he has done all things well?”

If we look back and see Him standing forward as our surety with the Father in eternity; or if we behold Him taking our nature, bearing our sins, procuring our righteousness, and sending His Holy Spirit to sanctify   and save us; must we not say, “He has done everything well?”

And when our mansions are prepared, our bodies raised from the grave, and we are perfectly conformed to His image; when we hear Him say, “Come, inherit the kingdom”; then, Oh with what rapture, gratitude and love shall we shout, “HE HAS DONE EVERYTHING WELL!”

How sovereign, wonderful and free,
Is all His love to sinful me;
He plucked me as a brand from hell –
My Jesus hath done all things well;
And since my soul has known His love,
What mercies has He made me prove,
Mercies which all my praise excel –
My Jesus hath done all things well.

THE DAILY REMEMBRANCER by James Smith (1802-1862)

Journal Jottings

‘1842 – April 10. When I left Cheltenham, and came to reside in London, I found the church in a very low state, and the congregation very small. I trust the Lord brought me here. Many more attend the word, and the people profess to profit; some are impressed, but the place does not fill as Salem did. O for a revival! My path has been outwardly prosperous, but inwardly painful’.