Monday, April 29, 2013

Chap. 119---Strength for Today



"As thy days, so shall thy strength be." Deuteronomy 33:25.

"I thank the Lord for the assurance of His grace, that is for His people
now, today.... The promise is not that we will have strength today for a future
emergency, that anticipated future trouble will be provided for beforehand, before
it comes to us. We may, if we walk by faith, expect strength and provision for us
as fast as our circumstances demand it. We live by faith, not by sight. The Lord’s
arrangement is for us to ask Him for the very things that we need. The grace of
tomorrow will not be given today. Men’s necessity is God’s opportunity.... The
grace of God is never given to be squandered, to be misapplied or perverted, or
to be left to rust with disuse...."

"While you are bearing daily responsibilities in the love and fear of God, as
obedient children walking in all humility of mind, strength and wisdom from
God will be given to meet every trying circumstance."

"We will not be able to meet the trials of this time without God. We are
not to have the courage and fortitude of martyrs of old until brought into the
position they were in.... We are to receive daily supplies of grace for each daily
emergency. Thus we grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus
Christ, and if persecution comes upon us, if we must be enclosed in prison walls
for the faith of Jesus and the keeping of God’s holy law, “As thy days, so shall
thy strength be.” Should there be a return of persecution there would be grace
given to arouse every energy of the soul to show a true heroism...."

"We are to keep close to the Source of our strength day by day, and when the
enemy comes in like a flood the Spirit of the Lord lifts up a standard for us against
the enemy. The promise of God is sure, that strength shall be proportioned to our
day. We may be confident for the future only in the strength that is given for the
present necessities. The experience in God is daily becoming more precious....
Do not borrow anxiety for the future. It is today that we are in need.... The Lord
is our helper, our God, and our strength in every time of need."

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