Sept. 7
THE REACH OF ALMIGHTY GRACE
"It shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto
them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are
the sons of the living God" Hosea 1:10
Sovereign grace can make strangers into sons, and the Lord here
declares His purpose to deal thus with rebels, and make them know what
He has done. Beloved reader, the Lord has done this in my case; has He
done the like for you? Then let us join hands and hearts in praising
His adorable name.
Some of us were so decidedly ungodly that the Lord's Word most
truly said to our conscience and heart, "Ye are not my people." In the
house of God, and in our own homes, when we read the Bible, this was
the voice of God's Spirit in our soul, "Ye are not my people." Truly a
sad condemning voice it was. But now, in the same places, from the
same ministry and Scripture, we hear a voice, which saith, "Ye are the
sons of the living God." Can we be grateful enough for this? Is it not
wonderful? Does it not give us hope for others? Who is beyond the
reach of almighty grace? How can we despair of any, since the Lord has
wrought so marvelous a change in us?
He who has kept this one great promise will keep every other;
wherefore, let us go forward with songs of adoration and confidence.