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Daily Devotionals
Bowen's Daily Meditations
"Let all those that put their trust in thee, rejoice."- Psalms 5:11.
" That put their trust in thee." Among all the people on the face of the earth, these are the only ones that properly speaking have anything to do with joy.
In thee - in the God of the Bible - the God of whom Moses wrote, whom David feared, whom Elijah served, whom Isaiah saw in the temple, whose angel succored Daniel, who was manifest in Christ, and who for Christ’s sake gave the Spirit to the apostles and giveth it unto us. Some believe that they can improve upon the character of God in the Bible. They discover here a blemish, there another. They pity those who insist upon looking to God just as he is revealed in his word. Yet they call themselves Christians, and imagine that they are trusting in God. But they who do not implicitly trust his word cannot be said to trust in Him.
That put their trust in thee. They trust not in uncertain riches, for happiness and security against the possible ills of time, but in God. They show the trust they put in God, by daring to be singular, to be unconformed to the ways of the world, and boldly setting aside the decrees of society where these tend to hinder the fullest exhibition of pure religion. They trust in the Lord Jesus Christ for righteousness, sanctification, and complete redemption. They believe that every divine commandment is good, is the expression of wisdom and love, and they view disobedience as a fall from faith. They evince their faith in God, by surrendering themselves to the direction of the Spirit of God, to be guided by him in all things and in all times. A life of perfect faith would be a life of perfect obedience. There is faith, however, before there is perfect faith. The first lispings of faith are agreeable to God. There is the promise of eventual perfection in them.
Let these rejoice. For by faith they have access to a domain that is altogether enchanting and soul-satisfying. The promises of God are theirs, and winged by these they escape from the dark and frowning things of earth, to scenes that are radiant with all that is beautiful and heavenly. Other men are chained to earth; these sit in heavenly places. Other men are chained to the present; these expatiate in a veritable future, not illusory. Other men are chained to men; these walk with God.
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