Daily Devotionals

Bowen's Daily Meditations

Devotional: January 18th

" They that know thy name will put their trust in thee." - Psalms 9:10.

Christ, in the prayer recorded in the seventeenth chapter of John, says: " I have manifested thy name unto the men that thou gavest me." And again: "I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it." The manifestation of God’s name is the manifestation of God. They that know his name know him, and they put their trust in him. Knowledge and faith are in inseparable alliance. Unbelief and ignorance go together.

Do you grieve over your want of faith? Grieve over your want of knowledge. Look unto Emmanuel, God manifest in the flesh. Remember his kindness towards the sons of men, his sacrifices of glory, felicity, power, rest, reputation, liberty, health and life; remember what he has been to you individually; look at him through his promises, invitation and predictions, and trust in him.

When any one withholds his confidence from you, you say, " He does not know me." The implication of the text is, that there is everything attractive about the character of God. It is impossible to know him without being drawn to repose all confidence in him, and to commit all our interests to him. To know him is to know in him one who is willing to employ infinite wisdom, knowledge, power, and wealth in the utmost possible promotion of our interests. To know him is to know that without him we are nothing - as dead men in respect to all true excellence.

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