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Daily Devotionals
Bowen's Daily Meditations
"He only is my rock" - Psalms 62:2.
O happy Psalmist, who canst use this language? Not only is God thy rock; he is thine only rock. On him dost thou build thy confidence. He is thy only refuge, thy only safe guard.
How grievously do they insult God who rely in part upon him, in part on something else; and who with the utmost emphasis of their souls deprecate being left alone with God, shut up to him alone. They would fain eke out the insufficiency of their wealth by his riches of mercy; the inadequacy of their wisdom, by his treasures of wisdom; the imperfections of their strength, by his power; their defective title to heaven, by his readiness to save. The grace of the gospel they accept as supplemental to their own goodness. Sometimes it happens to such to be stripped of all their wealth, their wisdom, their goodness; and lo! to the surprise of their Christian friends, they are found to be the prey of an intense despair, then is it seen how very slight and contemptible a part they had assigned to God in the matter of their salvation. They are unutterably wretched, because God alone is left them.
Happy are they who begin by recognizing God as their only rock. This rock is soon found to be marvellous in its properties. Beneath the footsteps of faith, springs of joy, peace, wisdom, hope, love start up, creating first an oasis, then a paradise; walls of every precious stone rise and enclose it; angels encamp around about it.
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