Feb. 17
GOD CAN MAKE YOU STRONG
"Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your
work shall be rewarded" II Chron. 15:7
God had done great things for King Asa and Judah, but yet they were
a feeble folk. Their feet were very tottering in the ways of the Lord,
and their hearts very hesitating, so that they had to be warned that
the Lord would be with them while they were with Him, but that if they
forsook Him He would leave them. They were also reminded of the sister
kingdom, how ill it fared in its rebellion, and how the Lord was
gracious to it when repentance was shown. The Lord's design was to
confirm them in His way, and make them strong in righteousness. So
ought it to be with us. God deserves to be served with all the energy
of which we are capable.
If the service of God is worth anything, it is worth everything. We
shall find our best reward in the Lord's work if we do it with
determined diligence. Our labor is not in vain in the Lord, and we
know it. Half-hearted work will bring no reward; but, when we throw
our whole soul into the cause, we shall see prosperity. This text was
sent to the author of these notes in a day of terrible storm, and it
suggested to him to put on all steam, with the assurance of reaching
port in safety with a glorious freight.