July 27
MORE THAN MERE WORDS
"I will give you the sure mercies of David." Acts 13:34
Nothing of man is sure; but everything of God is so. Especially are
covenant mercies sure mercies, even as David said "an everlasting
covenant, ordered in all things and sure."
We are sure that the Lord meant His mercy. He did not speak mere
words: there is substance and truth in every one of His promises. His
mercies are mercies indeed. Even if a promise seems as if it must drop
through by reason of death, yet it never shall, for the good Lord will
make good His word.
We are sure that the Lord will bestow promised mercies on all His
covenanted ones. They shall come in due course to all the chosen of
the Lord. They are sure to all the seed, from the least of them unto
the greatest of them.
We are sure that the Lord will continue His mercies to His own
people. He does not give and take. What He has granted us is the token
of much more. That which we have not yet received is as sure as that
which has already come; therefore, let us wait before the Lord and be
still. There is no justifiable reason for the least doubt. God's love,
and word, and faithfulness are sure. Many things are questionable, but
of the Lord we sing--"For his mercies shall endure ever faithful, ever
sure.