Text: “Thine, O Lord, is the greatness and the power, and the glory, and the victory and the majesty: for all that is in the Heaven and in the earth is Thine; Thine is the Kingdom, O Lord, and Thou art exalted as Head above all. Both riches and honour come of Thee, and Thou reignest over all; and in Thine hand is power and might; and in Thine hand is to make great, and to give strength unto all. Now therefore, our God, we thank Thee, and praise Thy glorious Name.”
1 Chronicles 29:11-13.
Good morning, revived Christian! You have been under great oppression,
perhaps, and that for quite a long period without obvious relief. However, just now, when your Spiritually
regenerate eyes read my text from the first book of Chronicles – your
remembrance of Who, exactly, the Lord God is; His absolute might; His total
omnipotence; His complete and Divine rule over all things – has just now
quickened your spirit with the Holy Spirit within you, and this wonderful
remembrance of God’s power and grace towards us, ‘His people’ has lifted you
out of any depression of spirit; any doldrums of despair, and granted you a new
refreshment in your dear Saviour and Lord – Jesus, the risen Christ. Hallelujah!
One deep thought of exactly WHO are Lord God
Almighty is – banishes our blues and refreshes us for the never-ending
Spiritual Battle to come. Victory in
King Jesus Christ! Glory to the One Who never leaves us nor forsakes us, ‘His
people’! Amen.
“…For He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor
forsake thee, so that we may boldly say, The Lord is my Helper, and I will not
fear what man shall do unto me.” (Hebrews 13:5-6)
We who are genuinely redeemed by the precious Blood
of Christ Jesus, always undergo sufferings for His sake, it is an integral part
of being a true Christian believer.
However, believing God’s Word with all our hearts, we also have this
definite assurance – ALL THINGS work together for our good. Rejoice, Bible-believing child of God!
“And we KNOW that all things work together for good
to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His
purpose. For whom He did foreknow, He
also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be
the firstborn among many brethren.” (Romans 8:28-29)
The evil Pharaoh of Egypt enslaved and oppressed
God’s chosen people back in the days of Moses.
His armies seemed invincible; his evil human might seemed unstoppable;
and he was pursuing God’s people relentlessly – all seemed humanly lost for
Moses and the children of Israel.
Now remember what happened just when it needed to
happen to deliver God’s people!
Verse 13. “Thou didst divide the sea
by Thy strength: Thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. God commanded Moses to stretch forth his rod over
the Red Sea. Moses obeyed, and the great
Sea opened under God’s strength and command to make a way of escape and
deliverance for God’s chosen people.
Hallelujah! Nothing has changed
today.
Verse 14. “And gavest him to be meat
to the people inhabiting the wilderness. Not only did the wild beasts feed upon the
carcasses of the Egyptians, but the dwellers along the shores stripped the
bodies and enriched themselves with the spoil.
Israel, too, grew rich with the relics of her drowned adversaries.
“How often so great afflictions work our lasting
good. Leviathan, who would have devoured
us, is himself devoured, and out of the monster we gather sweet-ness. Let us not give way to fear; hydra-headed
evils shall be slain, and monstrous difficulties shall be overcome, and all
things shall work our lasting good.”
(C.H. Spurgeon, Treasury of David, page 321)
One brief remembrance of what our Creator Lord God
has done in Creation, should cause our hearts to lift and to give thanks for
His great Salvation of us, sinners deserving only Hell and all its torments
forever. Oh, give thanks unto the Lord
God Omnipotent! Glory to His Name.! It
was God Almighty alone Who in Creation said, “Let there be LIGHT!”
Verse 16. “Thou hast prepared the
light.
“Light is life: the merest insect could not live
without light; and even blind natures receive, in those organs which are not
the property of vision the assurance of its benignant operations. Light is order: and at its wand and command the separation takes
place, and dark and light pair off into their separate ranks.
“Light is beauty: whether in the refulgence
(beaming) of the moon; the chill sparkle of the stars; the unrivalled play of
colours in the attenuated film of the soap-bubble, at once the toy of childhood
and the tool of the sage; the rich play of tints in the mother-of-pearl, or the
rich, gorgeous rays in the plumes of birds.
“Light is purity: Forms that rankle out of the
glance of its clear, steady beam, contract around themselves loathsomeness and
disgust, and become the seats of foulness and shame.
“Light is growth: where it is, we know that nature pursues her work
in life and in vigour; light gives vitality to the sap; light removes
obstructions from the pathway of the growing agencies, while, in its absence,
forms become stunted and gnarled and impaired.
“Light is health: as it darts its clear and
brilliant points to and fro, it brings in its train those blessings of
elasticity and energy, which give the fulness of being – which is perfect
health to the expanding forms. There is
a fine consistency, when Scripture makes light to contain, as it were, the
seeds of all things, and when the prelude of all Creation is made to be those
words ‘Let there be light.’” (E. Paxton
Hood, 1860)
“Light is sown for the righteous (made righteous in
Christ Jesus), and gladness for the upright in heart.” (Psalm 97:11)
Jesus is the Creator Lord and Light: “In the beginning was the Word and
the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning with God.
All things were made by Him; and without Him was not any thing made that
was made. In Him was life; and the life
was the light of all men. And the light
shineth in the darkness; and the darkness comprehendeth it not.” (John 1:1-5)
Remembering exactly Who the Lord Jesus Christ
Eternally is – should banish all oppression, despair, depression of soul, and
feelings of defeat. Fools blaspheme the
Name of Christ Jesus daily, and shall reap a terrible reward for doing so on
His day of Judgement.
Thought: Lord Jesus Christ, we, Thy people,
reverence Thy Holy and powerful Name.
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