the Fourth Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
John Gossner's Treasury
O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord. Jeremiah 22:29. This Is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me. Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction. Psalms 119:50.; Psalms 119:92.
Hear how the prophets cry throughout the land to awaken love and attention to the Word of the Lord. Is the Word of God a matter of such great importance? Yes, most certainly, more than the tongue of any prophet can utter. If we had not the Word of God, we should perish in our affliction; thus David tells us. How often we come near to the pit of despair before we are able to grasp the Word of God and in faith and confidence hold fast the truthfulness and faithfulness of God! The Word of God alone can deliver us out of all things. Though we were in the jaws of hell, in the claws of Satan, in the nets of sin, if we are able to reach and grasp in faith the Word of the eternal, almighty God and our Savior, then death, devil and hell, sin and the world, and all the hosts of our enemies, must give us up, let us go and set us at liberty. The snare of the fowler is torn asunder; then we are free. The Word of the Lord is like a rope let down from heaven to the earth, which every human hand, every heart that will only believe, may grasp and hold fast. Every one who actually grasps it and does not let go of it even though the whole world try to hinder him or revile him, or use force in order to turn him away, is saved; he raises himself by its help above all mountains and is drawn out of every abyss and into heaven. For the Hand that lets down the rope also draws it up; that Hand does not let go, and it does not let you fall. Fear not; the rope will not break. It is strong and good and holds forever; it is three-stranded. The Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost hold it, and "a threefold cord is not quickly broken" (Ecclesiastes 4:12).
Praised be the Lord, my God,
My Trust, my life from heaven.
The Father’s Spirit, whom
The Son to me hath given,
He who revives my heart
And gives new strength and power.
Aid, comfort and support
In sorrow’s gloomy hour.
