the Third Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
Bowen's Daily Meditations
" Save us, God of our salvation." - 1 Chronicles 16:35.
Thou art content to be known by this name, " God of our salvation." Viewed in one light, the thing seems an infinite wonder; in another light, no wonder. For in the accomplishment of our salvation, thy perfections come out in glorious relief, and the whole creation finds itself unspeakably aided in the work of making thee known. Let but one of the redeemed, clothed in his full salvation, stand forth in the universe; and it will matter little if the heaven and the earth flee away, and return no more. For this redeemed sinner is such a monument to the power, justice, wisdom, truth, and love of God, that no finite being could ever master the entire revelation.
Thou hast devoted thyself, God of our salvation, thyself and all thy resources, to the work of delivering us from all sin, from all folly, from all reproach of ignorance, from all corruption, from all misery, and from all weakness. Thou hast so identified thyself with this work which thou hast taken in hand, that not to accomplish it would be the extinction of thy glory. From thy throne thou must save us who have fled to thee for refuge through thy Son; or thou must quit that throne. Thou art already known throughout all worlds as the God of our salvation; and invitations to the marriage supper of the Lamb, have been carried into all parts of thy dominions.
Save us, therefore, save us speedily, save us perfectly, save us from all relapse into unbelief, and from all remains of unbelief; save us from undue deference to the world; save us from errors of understanding, and from cheats of the imagination; save us from an inadequate conception of the Gospel standard; from resting contented with our attainments; save us each day and hour from the particular hindrances of each day and hour. Save us from letting go the hand that was pierced for us.
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