Evening, April 29
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“The Lord taketh pleasure in his people.”
Psalm 149:4
How comprehensive is the love of Jesus! There is no part of his people’s interests which he does not consider, and there is nothing which
concerns their welfare which is not important to him. Not merely does
he think of you, believer, as an immortal being, but as a mortal being
too. Do not deny it or doubt it: “The very hairs of your head are all numbered.” “The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth
in his way.” It were a sad thing for us if this mantle of love did not cover all
our concerns, for what mischief might be wrought to us in that part
of our business which did not come under our gracious Lord’s inspection! Believer, rest assured that the heart of Jesus cares
about your meaner affairs. The breadth of his tender love is such
that you may resort to him in all matters; for in all your afflictions
he is afflicted, and like as a father pitieth his children, so doth
he pity you. The meanest interests of all his saints are all borne
upon the broad bosom of the Son of God. Oh, what a heart is his, that
doth not merely comprehend the persons of his people, but comprehends
also the diverse and innumerable concerns of all those persons! Dost
thou think, O Christian, that thou canst measure the love of Christ?
Think of what his love has brought thee—justification, adoption, sanctification, eternal life! The riches
of his goodness are unsearchable; thou shalt never be able to tell
them out or even conceive them. Oh, the breadth of the love of Christ!
Shall such a love as this have half our hearts? Shall it have a cold
love in return? Shall Jesus’ marvellous lovingkindness and tender care meet with but faint response
and tardy acknowledgment? O my soul, tune thy harp to a glad song
of thanksgiving! Go to thy rest rejoicing, for thou art no desolate
wanderer, but a beloved child, watched over, cared for, supplied,
and defended by thy Lord.