That is, to all His people. The object of their adoration and trust, the subject of their meditation, and the source of all their happiness. To be our God, is more than being our friend, helper, or benefactor; (creatures may be so;) He engages to do us good according to His all-sufficiency, to bestow upon us blessings which none else can.
He will pardon us, and pardon like a God; He will sanctify us, and sanctify us like a God; He will comfort us and comfort us like a God; He will glorify us, and glorify us like a God. If He is our God, He is our All; and all He has is ours. He is our inheritance, and a glorious inheritance He is.
Consider, when in danger, in darkness, in distress, in temptation, in duty, or in pain; God will be to you a God, delivering, enlightening, comforting, strengthening, and sanctifying you. Make a God of Him, look to Him for all He has promised, which is all you want; adore His Divine perfections, and rejoice that they are all engaged to make you blessed.
Live to His glory, walk by His word, and He will glorify Himself in your present and everlasting welfare. He rejoiceth to do good unto His people, He delights to bless them.
Here would I dwell, and ne'er remove; Here I am safe from all alarms; My rest is "everlasting love," My refuge, "everlasting arms."
Written by James Smith for his own flock around 1840, but such was the demand that by 1846 over thirty thousand copies where in circulation.
James Smith was a predecessor of Charles Spurgeon at New Park Street Chapel in London from 1841-1850. He also ministered with great blessing in Cheltenham. His devotional, The Believer's Daily Remembrancer, subtitled Pastor's Morning and Evening Visit, was very popular in its own day, and has received a new lease of life through recent republication.
That is, to all His people. The object of their adoration and trust, the subject of their meditation, and the source of all their happiness. To be our God, is more than being our friend, helper, or benefactor; (creatures may be so;) He engages to do us good according to His all-sufficiency, to bestow upon us blessings which none else can.
He will pardon us, and pardon like a God; He will sanctify us, and sanctify us like a God; He will comfort us and comfort us like a God; He will glorify us, and glorify us like a God. If He is our God, He is our All; and all He has is ours. He is our inheritance, and a glorious inheritance He is.
Consider, when in danger, in darkness, in distress, in temptation, in duty, or in pain; God will be to you a God, delivering, enlightening, comforting, strengthening, and sanctifying you. Make a God of Him, look to Him for all He has promised, which is all you want; adore His Divine perfections, and rejoice that they are all engaged to make you blessed.
Live to His glory, walk by His word, and He will glorify Himself in your present and everlasting welfare. He rejoiceth to do good unto His people, He delights to bless them.
Here would I dwell, and ne'er remove; Here I am safe from all alarms; My rest is "everlasting love," My refuge, "everlasting arms."