Morning, April 27 : Go To Evening Reading “God, even our own God.” —Psalm 67:6 It is strange how little use we make of God's spiritual blessings, but it is odd how little use we make of God himself. Though he is “our own God,” we apply ourselves but little to him and ask but little of him. How seldom do we ask counsel at the hands of the Lord! How often do we go about our business without seeking his guidance! In our troubles, how constantly do we strive tos ourselves bear our burden instead of casting them upon the Lord, that he may sustain us! This is not because we may not, for the Lord seems to say, “I am thine, soul, come and make use of me as thou wilt; thou mayst freely come to my store, and the oftener the more welcome.” It is our own fault if we are not accessible with the riches of our God. Then, since thou hast such a friend, and he invites thee, draw from him daily. Never want while thou hast a God to go to; never fear or faint while thou hast God to help thee; go
Morning, April 26 Go To Evening Reading “This do in remembrance of me.” —1 Corinthians 11:24 It seems, then, that Christians may forget Christ! There could be no need for this loving exhortation if there were no fearful suppositions that our memories might prove treacherous. Nor is this a bare supposition: it is, alas! Too well confirmed in our experience, not as a possibility but as a lamentable fact. It appears almost impossible that those who have been redeemed by the blood of the dying Lamb and loved with everlasting love by the eternal Son of God should forget that gracious Saviour; but, if startling to the ear, it is, alas! Too apparent to the eye to allow us to deny the crime. Forget him, who never forgot us! Forget him who poured his blood forth for our sins! Forget him who loved us even to the death! Can it be possible? Yes, it is possible, but conscience confesses that it is too sadly a fault with all of us that we suffer him to be as a wayfaring man tarrying but for