Jan. 10
DIVINE RECOMPENSE
"He that watereth shall be watered also himself." Prov. 11:25
If I carefully consider others, God will consider me; and in some
way or other He will recompense me. Let me consider the poor, and the
Lord will consider me. Let me look after little children, and the Lord
will treat me as His child. Let me feed His flock, and He will feed
me. Let me water His garden, and He will make a watered garden of my
soul. This is the Lord's own promise; be it mine to fulfill the
condition, and then to expect its fulfillment.
I may care about myself till I grow morbid; I may watch over my own
feelings till I feel nothing; and I may lament my own weakness till I
grow almost too weak to lament. It will be far more profitable for me
to become unselfish, and out of love to my Lord Jesus begin to care
for the souls of those around me. My tank is getting very low; no
fresh rain comes to fill it; what shall I do? I will pull up the plug,
and let its contents run out to water the withering plants around me.
What do I see? My cistern seems to fill as it flows. A secret spring
is at work. While all was stagnant, the fresh spring was sealed; but
as my stock flows out to water others the Lord thinketh upon me.
Hallelujah!