Morning, May 28
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“Whom he justified, them he also glorified.”
Romans 8:30
Here is a precious truth for thee, believer. Thou mayest be poor,
or in suffering, or unknown, but for thine encouragement take a review
of thy “calling” and the consequences that flow from it, and especially that blessed
result here spoken of. As surely as thou art God’s child today, so surely shall all thy trials soon be at an end, and
thou shalt be rich to all the intents of bliss. Wait awhile, and that
weary head shall wear the crown of glory, and that hand of labour
shall grasp the palm-branch of victory. Lament not thy troubles, but
rather rejoice that ere long thou wilt be where “there shall be neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be
any more pain.” The chariots of fire are at thy door, and a moment will suffice to
bear thee to the glorified. The everlasting song is almost on thy
lip. The portals of heaven stand open for thee. Think not that thou
canst fail of entering into rest. If he hath called thee, nothing
can divide thee from his love. Distress cannot sever the bond; the
fire of persecution cannot burn the link; the hammer of hell cannot
break the chain. Thou art secure; that voice which called thee at
first, shall call thee yet again from earth to heaven, from death’s dark gloom to immortality’s unuttered splendours. Rest assured, the heart of him who has justified
thee beats with infinite love towards thee. Thou shalt soon be with
the glorified, where thy portion is; thou art only waiting here to
be made meet for the inheritance, and that done, the wings of angels
shall waft thee far away, to the mount of peace, and joy, and blessedness,
where,
“Far from a world of grief and sin,
With God eternally shut in,”
thou shalt rest forever and ever.