TDR: 17 June (Jonah 2:9)

‘Salvation comes from the LORD’ (Jonah 2:9)

The soul is saved by the love of the Father, the work of the Son, and the operations of the Holy Spirit. The Father devised the scheme, the Son gave the ransom, and the Holy Spirit puts us in possession of the blessing. It is all of God. It is by grace. It is through faith.

Deliverance from dangers, trials and wants is of the Lord. He delivered Jonah when he cried out, though he was a poor, proud, obstinate, peevish, fretful sinner: and He will deliver us also. He says, “Look unto me and be delivered, for I am God. Look, for I bid you. Look, for I will attend to you. Look, for I will deliver you”.

He will deliver in six troubles, and in seven He will not forsake us. He will deliver our souls from death, our eyes from tears, and our feet from falling. He will deliver the needy when they cry, the poor also, and whoever has no helper.

Are you looking to others? Are you drooping, afraid or despondent? Your God takes it unkindly: He asks, “Is my hand too short, that it cannot save? Or have I no power to deliver? Is anything too hard for me?” He says, “I WILL WORK”. He asks, “WHO SHALL LET IT?”

Of all the crowns Jehovah bears,
Salvation is His dearest claim,
That gracious sound well pleased He hears,
And owns IMMANUEL for His name;
He saves us by His precious blood,
And proves Himself the MIGHTY GOD.

THE DAILY REMEMBRANCER by James Smith (1802-1862)

Journal Jottings

‘Time flies fast, eternity approaches, and the night when no man can work will soon be here! O to work while it is called today! May I work by a scriptural rule, from a holy motive, to a worthy end; and then I must be blessed in my deed, and so find a reward in my work.’