the Fourth Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
John Gossner's Treasury
I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand John 10:9; John 10:28. But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark. Genesis 8:9.
He who, as a sheep of Christ, hears His voice, follows Him as his Shepherd and does not hear the voice of the stranger (flesh and blood, the world and Satan); he does not fear death, since his Shepherd has not only opened the door to him but even here has bestowed upon him the beginning of eternal life and has assured him that beyond He will forever preserve him and never let him perish or be plucked out of his hand. Behold, you are in His hand now. He will forever carry you in His hand. He Himself will nourish and refresh you. He who does not have faith in this hand must be much given to mistrust. What, then, do you fear? That His hand will let go of you and give you up a prey to Satan and hell? The hand which is pierced for your sake, which for your sake was in hell and in the jaws of death? No, dear soul. If you do not wrench yourself out of His hand; if you yourself do not run away, that hand will never let go of you. Should not He love you, His own dearly-bought sheep, more than Noah loved his dove? Yes, most assuredly, if you, as that dove, no longer find a place on the earth where you may rest your foot, and you fly to the ark of heaven. Only believe fully and steadfastly; then your good Shepherd will reach His hand out to you and take you in to Himself, the hand in which you are even now and in which you shall ever rest; that hand will never withdraw itself from you. Only reach out your own hand to Him; commit yourself each day confidently into His hands; then you shall never suffer want.
The Lord my Shepherd is;
I shall be well supplied:
Since He is mine,
And I am His.
What can I want beside?
