Israel : and whatever be the office to which your situation and circumstances appear to fit you, be ready to execute it : and, in answer to God's inquiry, " Who will go for us?" be ready to reply, " Here am I, Lord ; send me."]
2. To enjoy your privileges —
[All the blessings of salvation, if only you believe in Christ, are yours : yours is that peace of God which passeth all under- standing : yours are all the treasures both of grace and glory ; holiness is yours, as well as pardon ; for the faith that brings you into a state of peace with God will " work by love," and " purify the heart." Ye are not straitened in your God : be not straitened in your own souls. Ask much ; expect much ; for your " Lord is rich unto all who call upon him." Set not limits, either to the objects of his bounty, or the riches of his grace ; for his riches are unsearchable ; and they are promised indiscriminately to all who call upon him. What a blessed word is that, " Whosoever/" Here is no limitation, no ex- ception : all that is required of us is, to believe in Christ, and to call upon him. O ! call upon him day and night; be earnest; be importunate ; wrestle with him, as Jacob did ; and let him not go, until you have received his blessing. Well I know how unbelief is apt to interpose between him and your souls. You will be ready perhaps to say, " True ; but I fear I do not call aright." Ah ! brethren, this is a device of the enemy to rob you of the blessings which Christ is ready to bestow. If you call not on him as you would, still call upon him as you can : lie at the foot of his cross : trust in him : if you cannot trust, then hope in him : in a word, look unto him, renouncing every other ground of hope ; and fear not but that he will make all grace abound towards you ; and that what he has begun in time, he will perfect in eternity.]