May 17
NO NEED TO STINT
"The upright shall have good things in possession" Prov. 28:10
The Book of Proverbs is also a Book of Promises. Promises ought to
be proverbs among the people of God. This is a very remarkable one. We
are accustomed to think of our good things as in reversion, but here
we are told that we shall have them in possession.
Not all the malice and cunning of our enemies can work our
destruction: they shall fall into the pit which they have digged. Our
inheritance is so entailed upon us that we shall not be kept out of
it, nor so turned out of the way as to miss it.
But what have we now? We have a quiet conscience through the
precious blood of Jesus. We have the love of God set upon us beyond
all change. We have power with God in prayer in all time of need. We
have the providence of God to watch over us, the angels of God to
minister to us, and, above all, the Spirit of God to dwell in us. In
fact, all things are ours. "Whether things present or things to come:
all are yours.'' Jesus is ours. Yea, the divine trinity in unity is
ours. Hallelujah. Let us not pine and whine, and stint and slave,
since we have good things in possession. Let us live on our God and
rejoice in Him all the day. Help us, O Holy Ghost!