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August 18

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Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for Thou art my praise.
Jeremiah 17:14

When we feel that the Lord in His mercy has done all for our soul, when we believe that He has wrought a work of grace in us—that He has convinced us of our fallen state by nature, that He has led us to Himself, enabled us to rest upon His promises and taught us to loathe ourselves, that He has raised up and kindled in us a spirit of prayer and has sometimes made Jesus precious to our soul, that He has granted us a view of the glory of His Person, the riches of His grace and the suitability of all His offices and characters, and has thus endeared Him to our heart—then we can say, “Thou art my praise.”

“Praised be Thou for every trial, thanks be to Thee for every sorrow, and blessed be Thy Name for every exercise, for I know that all these things have been for the good of my soul. There has not been one trial nor one sorrow too many; it has all worked together for my good and for Thy glory.” And we can express it so in solemn moments, because He is “our praise.”

We have reason to praise Him for every discovery of our dreadful disease and for every discovery of the suitability of His precious remedy. We have ground to praise Him for every view of ourselves and every view of Christ, for every view of sin and shame, and for every view of the robe of righteousness which covers and shelters from them (Isa. 61:10). We have ground to bless Him for every prayer, every desire, every sigh, every cry and every groan.

Reading: Psalm 3

To the reader…

Sometimes you are asked to thank the Lord for your trials. That comes hard to the flesh. We gladly give thanks for light and liberty, but who gives thanks for a view of his dreadful disease, for shame, for a sigh and a groan? And yet, was it not just that discovery of the malady which taught you to see how suitable His precious remedy is? Would the robe of righteousness be so precious to you if you had never felt sin and shame?

Perhaps you cannot say it yet today. Your sorrow is too great, and its meaning is hidden from you. But He Who convinced you of your fallen state and led you to Himself will one day show you that there has not been one trial too many. Keep on sighing and crying; that prayer too is a gift for which we shall bless Him. Then you will say with the prophet, “Thou art my praise.”

With warm regards,
The compilers of jcphilpot.nl