God’s hand never slips

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Jan 12

Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

—2 Corinthians 12:9

God is especially close to us when we are lying on a sickbed. God will make the bed soft and will freshen it with His presence and with His tender care. He makes the bed comfortable and wipes away our tears. He ministers to us with special tenderness at such a time and reveals His great love for us. Tell me why the gardener trims and prunes his rosebushes, sometimes cutting away productive branches, and I will tell you why God’s people are afflicted. God’s hand never slips. He never makes a mistake. His every move is for our own good and for our ultimate good. Oftentimes He must deform us and mutilate our own image. Deformity sometimes precedes conformity.

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Rejoice of the Lord

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“In thy presence is fullness of joy” (Psa. 16:11).
Because the joy that we receive at New Birth is not an earthly joy, but the joy of the Lord
Himself, it must multiply and become stronger, richer and fuller throughout eternity. Moreover
it is not a selfish joy. It is a joy that is shared by many people upon this earth and in heavenly
places — by all those in fact that have come or are now coming into the same experience of
New Birth. Earthly joys cannot be shared like this. But this joy is a heavenly joy which it is
our privilege to seek to introduce to, and share with, many others on earth.
What was it that enabled David to rejoice with great joy, and how was he also able to make
others rejoice with him? There were these several occasions in his life, each one of which
makes a point of progress in his own knowledge of the joy of the Lord, which was his strength.

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