the Fourth Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
John Gossner's Treasury
Commit thy way unto the Lord; and he shall bring it to pass. Psalms 37:5 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28.
No affliction, misfortune or misery can hurt you; nothing can cause you harm, if you love God. When your distress has reached its utmost limit; when you lie in the deepest abyss of misery, conceive it to be still worse; even then believe, as surely as you confess an almighty and good God and Savior, that He can help and rescue and cause it all to turn out for the best. No distress can be too great for God; no evil can be so bad that God should not be able and willing to turn it to good. In a heart that loves and trusts God, the first thought in all need and trouble is, God will cause it all to turn out for the best. If you can no longer hope and believe this, then your faith has suffered shipwreck. Make haste to come to the Bible and to prayer and find a plank upon which you can still save yourself and swim to the land of rest and of confidence. The Lord will again establish your faith, and He will undoubtedly also cause this to turn out for the best. The burden you commit to Him will be lifted, and that in such a way that it shall cause you wonder. On the other hand, if you yourself try to turn it to good, or take refuge in men, trusting in them, the end will be worse than the beginning. You will become so confused and entangled that you can no more find a way out. But if you lay hold of the hand of the Lord which can do all things and ever offers itself to you, it shall lift you up above all mountains and shall put this psalm of praise in your mouth, ’’The Lord is wonderful in counsel and excellent in working. "
The Lord is just, a Helper tried,
Mercy is ever at His side;
His kingly crown is holiness.
His sceptre, pity in distress.
The end of all our woe He brings;
Wherefore the earth is glad and sings:
We praise Thee, Savior, now.
Mighty, indeed, art Thou.
