Morning, December 11
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“Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.”
1 Thessalonians 5:24
Heaven is a place where we shall never sin; where we shall cease our
constant watch against an indefatigable enemy, because there will
be no tempter to ensnare our feet. There the wicked cease from troubling,
and the weary are at rest. Heaven is the “undefiled inheritance;” it is the land of perfect holiness, and therefore of complete security.
But do not the saints even on earth sometimes taste the joys of blissful
security? The doctrine of God’s word is, that all who are in union with the Lamb are safe; that
all the righteous shall hold on their way; that those who have committed
their souls to the keeping of Christ shall find him a faithful and
immutable preserver. Sustained by such a doctrine we can enjoy security
even on earth; not that high and glorious security which renders us
free from every slip, but that holy security which arises from the
sure promise of Jesus that none who believe in him shall ever perish,
but shall be with him where he is. Believer, let us often reflect
with joy on the doctrine of the perseverance of the saints, and honour
the faithfulness of our God by a holy confidence in him.
May our God bring home to you a sense of your safety in Christ Jesus!
May he assure you that your name is graven on his hand; and whisper
in your ear the promise, “Fear not, I am with thee.” Look upon him, the great Surety of the covenant, as faithful and
true, and, therefore, bound and engaged to present you, the weakest
of the family, with all the chosen race, before the throne of God;
and in such a sweet contemplation you will drink the juice of the
spiced wine of the Lord’s pomegranate, and taste the dainty fruits of Paradise. You will have
an antepast of the enjoyments which ravish the souls of the perfect
saints above, if you can believe with unstaggering faith that “faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.”