June 30
BACK THEN FORWARD
"Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of
thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant"
Ezek. 16:60
Notwithstanding our sins, the Lord is still faithful in His love to
us. He looks back. See how He remembers those early days of ours when
He took us into covenant with Himself, and we gave ourselves over to
Him. Happy days those! The Lord does not twit us with them, and charge
us with being insincere. No, He looks rather to His covenant with us
than to our covenant with Him. There was no hypocrisy in that sacred
compact, on His part, at any rate. How gracious is the Lord thus to
look back in love!
He looks forward also. He is resolved that the covenant shall not
fail. If we do not stand to it, He does. He solemnly declares, "I will
establish unto thee an everlasting covenant." He has no mind to draw
back from His promises. Blessed be His name, He sees the sacred seal,
"the blood of the everlasting covenant," and He remembers our Surety,
in whom He ratified that covenant, even His own dear Son; and
therefore He rests in His covenant engagements. "He abideth faithful;
he cannot deny himself."
O Lord, lay this precious word upon my heart, and help me to feed
upon it all this day!
THE MONTH OF JULY