"The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me." Psalms 138:8 He who has begun will carry on the work which is being wrought within my soul. The LORD is concerned about everything that concerns me. All that is now good, but not perfect, the LORD will watch over, preserve, and carry out to completion. This is a great comfort. I could not perfect the work of grace myself... If the LORD were to leave me, all my past experience would go for nothing, and I should perish from the way. But the LORD will continue to bless me. He will perfect my faith, my love, my character, my lifework. He will do this because He has begun a work in me. He gave me the concern I feel, and, in a measure, He has fulfilled my gracious aspirations, He never leaves a work unfinished; this would not be for His glory, nor would it be like Him. He knows how to accomplish His gracious design, and though my own [flesh] and the world and the devil all conspire to hinder Him, I do not doubt His promise. He will perfect that which concerneth me, and I will praise Him forever. LORD, let Thy gracious work make some advance this day!

Another classic from the pen of C.H. Spurgeon that will challenge and inspire you on your daily path to Heaven.

Charles Spurgeon's Faith's Checkbook

God Finished His Work

Most manifestly the confidence which the Psalmist here expressed was a divine confidence. He did not say, "I have grace enough to perfect that which concerneth me-my faith is so steady that it will not stagger-my love is so warm that it will never grow cold-my resolution is so firm that nothing can move it; no, his dependence was on the Lord alone. If we indulge in any confidence which is not grounded on the Rock of ages, our confidence is worse than a dream, it will fall upon us, and cover us with its ruins, to our sorrow and confusion. All that Nature spins time will unravel, to the eternal confusion of all who are clothed therein. The Psalmist was wise, he rested upon nothing short of the Lord's work. It is the Lord who has begun the good work within us; it is he who has carried it on; and if he does not finish it, it never will be complete. If there be one stitch in the celestial garment of our righteousness which we are to insert ourselves, then we are lost; but this is our confidence, the Lord who began will perfect. He has done it all, must do it all, and will do it all. Our confidence must not be in what we have done, nor in what we have resolved to do, but entirely in what the Lord will do. Unbelief insinuates- "You will never be able to stand. Look at the evil of your heart, you can never conquer sin; remember the sinful pleasures and temptations of the world that beset you, you will be certainly allured by them and led astray." Ah! yes, we should indeed perish if left to our own strength. If we had alone to navigate our frail vessels over so rough a sea, we might well give up the voyage in despair; but, thanks be to God, he will perfect that which concerneth us, and bring us to the desired haven. We can never be too confident when we confide in him alone, and never too much concerned to have such a trust.

This timeless classic from Charles Spurgeon will help to both start and end your day with wonderful insight into God's Word.

Charles Spurgeon's Morning & Evening

"The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me." - Psalm 138:8

Morning Devotional

He will perfect my happiness. " My people shall be satisfied with my goodness." He will perfect his own image in me. He will make me perfect in wisdom; perfect to know and to do his will; perfect to glorify the Redeemer; perfect in beauty and in strength. The thought of humanity being again clothed with perfection is something altogether wonderful. It was a light thing to call a world into existence out of nothing; but to take a nature that had become earthly, sensual, devilish, and so refashion it that it should be transparent to all the rays of the Godhead, is what a mere finite conception would never have shadowed forth Man is engaged in perfecting himself. From the very beginning he has insisted upon it that all he wanted was room and time and liberty, and he would make of humanity some thing very admirable. He has had all the opportunities and advantages he could desire. Sometimes, in some little corner of the world, God has permitted him to clothe himself with literary and artistic glory ; to surround himself with beautiful statues and paintings; and to rise to the heights of a sublime eloquence. But Greece and Rome in their palmiest days, only afforded new evidence of the depravity and spiritual blindness of man, and what he was, only came out the more opprobriously by the intimations of what he might have been, and all succeeding cycles have shown his expectation of self-wrought perfection to be utterly delusive. In this our boasted day the most frightful immorality in the most favored places under the sun, shows anew the utter vanity of this most baseless hope. And all this time there has been present with man a heaven descended system, pledging him perfection in the truest and amplest sense of the word. What need we talk of the perfectibility of man? It is impossible with man; most possible with God. There are in the midst of us men and women whom God is engaged in carrying to perfection. Let us join ourselves to their number. They are despised by the world; so was Christ. The world sees in them indeed what it could not see in Christ; much imperfection; but it might see something else if it would; namely, a germinate perfection. It was because Christ was made perfect in suffering, that we have this hope. In the day of sorrow and of calamity, do I bear well in mind that God is perfecting that which concerneth me?

A daily devotional written by a Baptist Missionary to India, Reverend George Bowen (1816-1888) over 150 years ago.

Bowen's Daily Meditations

" The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me." - Psalms 138:8. 

O Lord, You are my God. I will exalt You, I will praise Your name, for You have done wonderful things; Your counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. § Lord, You are the portion of my inheritance and my cup. He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. § You hold me by my right hand. You will guide me with Your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You. My flesh and my heart fail; but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. § Our heart shall rejoice in Him, because we have trusted in His holy name. § The Lord will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy, O Lord, endures forever; do not forsake the works of Your hands.

Daily Light on the Daily Path or Daily Light is a Christian daily devotional scripture reading published by Bagster & Sons about 1875. It has been reprinted continually since then. It consists of brief groupings of scripture passages which speak to prominent Biblical themes—two themes (morning and evening) for each day of the year. It appends no commentary, but simply allows scripture to speak for itself.

Morning Daily Light

 For this is God, our God forever and ever;  He will be our guide even to death. 

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” § Who has performed and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? “I, the Lord, am the first; and with the last I am He.” Sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ. The God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it. § He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ. § Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh?§ The Lord will perfect that which concerns me. It is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.

Evening Daily Light

 Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith. 

<blockquote>
The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me" (<a id="verse_1632879664208334" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Psalm/138/8">Ps. 138:8</a>).
</blockquote>After the believer enters into life by faith, he wonders why it was so difficult for him to see that it was all of grace - the humble reception of a finished work. And yet he goes through the faithless struggle once again before he sees that his daily Christian life is also a finished work - complete in Christ.God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto fellowship of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord' (<a id="verse_1632879664784596" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/1-Corinthians/1/9">1 Cor. 1:9</a>). What believers need is the simple faith that the establishing in Christ, day by day, is God's work - a work that He delights to do, in spite of all our weakness and unfaithfulness, if we will but trust Him for it. To the blessedness of such faith, and the experience it brings, many can testify. What peace and rest, to know that there is a Husbandman who cares for the branch, to see that it grows stronger; who watches over every hindrance and danger, who supplies every needed aid!"What peace and rest, fully and finally to give up our abiding into the care of the Father, and never have a wish or thought, never to offer a prayer or engage in an exercise connected with it, without first having the glad remembrance that what we do is only the manifestation of what our Father is doing in us! The establishing in Christ is His work: He accomplishes it by stirring us to watch, and wait, and work." -A.M."Now He which stablisheth us with you in Christ, . . . is God" (<a id="verse_1632879664500023" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/2-Corinthians/1/21">2 Cor. 1:21</a>).

A 365 day devotional that will help you in your Christian growth and walk with the Lord Jesus Christ.  This devotional is a collection of quotes from some of the best authors in the realm of Christian growth that has been organized by Miles J Stanford.  This devotional study is divided into 12 sections each containing 31 daily portions.

None but the Hungry Heart

 Peace And Rest 

8 <poetry>The <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> will vindicate me; <indent>your love, <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, endures forever —</indent> <indent>do not abandon the works of your hands. </indent></poetry>

The <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> will vindicate<cr>1</cr> me; <indent>your love, <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, endures forever<cr>2</cr> —</indent> <indent>do not abandon<cr>3</cr> the works of your hands.<cr>4</cr> </indent>

Psalm 138:8

 8 The Lord will vindicate   me; your love, Lord, endures forever  — do not abandon   the works of your hands.  

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<poetry>The <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> will vindicate me; <indent>your love, <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, endures forever —</indent> <indent>do not abandon the works of your hands. </indent></poetry>

 The Lord will vindicate   me; your love, Lord, endures forever  — do not abandon   the works of your hands.  

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