Evening, April 30
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“How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God.”
Psalm 139:17
Divine omniscience affords no comfort to the ungodly mind, but to
the child of God it overflows with consolation. God is always thinking
upon us, never turns aside his mind from us, has us always before
his eyes; and this is precisely as we would have it, for it would
be dreadful to exist for a moment beyond the observation of our heavenly
Father. His thoughts are always tender, loving, wise, prudent, far-reaching,
and they bring to us countless benefits: hence it is a choice delight
to remember them. The Lord always did think upon his people: hence
their election and the covenant of grace by which their salvation
is secured; he always will think upon them: hence their final perseverance
by which they shall be brought safely to their final rest. In all
our wanderings the watchful glance of the Eternal Watcher is evermore
fixed upon us—we never roam beyond the Shepherd’s eye. In our sorrows he observes us incessantly, and not a pang escapes
him; in our toils he marks all our weariness, and writes in his book
all the struggles of his faithful ones. These thoughts of the Lord
encompass us in all our paths, and penetrate the innermost region
of our being. Not a nerve or tissue, valve or vessel, of our bodily
organization is uncared for; all the littles of our little world are
thought upon by the great God.
Dear reader, is this precious to you? then hold to it. Never be led
astray by those philosophic fools who preach up an impersonal God,
and talk of self-existent, self-governing matter. The Lord liveth
and thinketh upon us, this is a truth far too precious for us to be
lightly robbed of it. The notice of a nobleman is valued so highly
that he who has it counts his fortune made; but what is it to be thought
of by the King of kings! If the Lord thinketh upon us, all is well,
and we may rejoice evermore.