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John Gossner's Treasury
Devotional: January 12th

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Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me. I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee. Isaiah 44:21-22. Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else. Isaiah 45:22. Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Isaiah 55:1.

The worship which God expects from us is that we regard Him as our God, believe in Him, trust in Him, have our pleasure and refreshment in Him, and enjoy Him in an intimate and close fellowship. From this it follows that we love, praise, worship, adore and glorify Him. All this the merciful God demands not so much for His own sake as for ours inasmuch as we thereby become more and more fit to draw near unto Him, and enjoy Him all the more. For as it is His pleasure to do us good and make us partakers of His perfection, so it is the most acceptable worship we can tender to Him that we seek our good in Him only, and that we thus heartily drink out of the inexhaustible, living and eternal Fountain; enrich ourselves out of His treasures and abundance; walk in His light, become righteous by His righteousness, sanctified by His sanctification, joyful by His joy, and peaceful by His peace. From this we also learn why the holy Scriptures call it a divine service to suffer, to praise God or to preach the Gospel, to love our neighbor, to visit the widow and the fatherless in their affliction, to keep ourselves unspotted of the world. By these things we serve God and demonstrate that we are His children.

And grant me, Lord, to do.

With ready heart and willing,

Whate’er Thou shalt command.

My calling here fulfilling;

And do it when I ought.

With all my strength, and bless

The work I thus have wrought,

For Thou must give success.

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