April 22
POWER TO RAISE
"The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind: the Lord raiseth them that
are bowed down" Ps. 146:8
Am I bowed down? Then let me urge this word of grace before the
Lord. It is His way, His custom, His promise, His delight, to raise up
them that are bowed down. Is it a sense of sin, and a consequent
depression of spirit, which now distresses me? Then the work of Jesus
is, in this case, made and provided to raise me up into rest. O Lord,
raise me, for thy mercy's sake!
Is it a sad bereavement, or a great fall in circumstances? Here
again the Comforter has undertaken to console. What a mercy for us
that one person of the Sacred Trinity should become the Comforter!
This work will be well done, since such a glorious One has made it His
peculiar care.
Some are so bowed down that only Jesus can loose them from their
infirmity, but He can, and He will, do it. He can raise us up to
health, to hope, to happiness. He has often done so under former
trials, and He is the same Saviour, and will repeat His deeds of
lovingkindness. We who are today bowed down and sorrowful, shall yet
be set on high, and those who now mock at us shall be greatly ashamed.
What an honor to be raised up by the Lord! It is worth while to be
bowed down that we may experience His upraising power.