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May 6th Evening
“All the days of my appointed time will I wait.” — Job 14:14
A little stay on earth will make heaven more heavenly. Nothing makes rest so sweet as toil; nothing renders security so pleasant as exposure to alarms. The bitter quassia cups of earth will give a relish to the new wine which sparkles in the golden bowls of glory. Our battered armour and scarred countenances will render more illustrious our victory above, when we are welcomed to the seats of those who have overcome the world. We should not have full fellowship with Christ if we did not for awhile sojourn below, for He was baptized with a baptism of suffering among men, and we must be baptized with the same if we would share his kingdom. Fellowship with Christ is so honourable that the sorest sorrow is a light price by which to procure it. Another reason for our lingering here is…
for
the good of others. We would not wish to enter heaven till our work is
done, and it may be that we are yet ordained to minister light to souls
benighted in the wilderness of sin. Our prolonged stay here is doubtless for
God’s glory. A tried saint, like a well-cut diamond, glitters much in the
King’s crown. Nothing reflects so much honour on a workman as a
protracted and severe trial of his work, and its triumphant endurance of the
ordeal without giving way in any part. We are God’s workmanship, in
whom He will be glorified by our afflictions. It is for the honour of Jesus
that we endure the trial of our faith with sacred joy. Let each man
surrender his own longings to the glory of Jesus, and feel, “If my lying in
the dust would elevate my Lord by so much as an inch, let me still lie
among the pots of earth. If to live on earth for ever would make my Lord
more glorious, it should be my heaven to be shut out of heaven.” Our time
is fixed and settled by eternal decree. Let us not be anxious about it, but
wait with patience till the gates of pearl shall open.
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“All the days of my appointed time will I wait.” — Job 14:14
A little stay on earth will make heaven more heavenly. Nothing makes rest so sweet as toil; nothing renders security so pleasant as exposure to alarms. The bitter quassia cups of earth will give a relish to the new wine which sparkles in the golden bowls of glory. Our battered armour and scarred countenances will render more illustrious our victory above, when we are welcomed to the seats of those who have overcome the world. We should not have full fellowship with Christ if we did not for awhile sojourn below, for He was baptized with a baptism of suffering among men, and we must be baptized with the same if we would share his kingdom. Fellowship with Christ is so honourable that the sorest sorrow is a light price by which to procure it. Another reason for our lingering here is…
for
the good of others. We would not wish to enter heaven till our work is
done, and it may be that we are yet ordained to minister light to souls
benighted in the wilderness of sin. Our prolonged stay here is doubtless for
God’s glory. A tried saint, like a well-cut diamond, glitters much in the
King’s crown. Nothing reflects so much honour on a workman as a
protracted and severe trial of his work, and its triumphant endurance of the
ordeal without giving way in any part. We are God’s workmanship, in
whom He will be glorified by our afflictions. It is for the honour of Jesus
that we endure the trial of our faith with sacred joy. Let each man
surrender his own longings to the glory of Jesus, and feel, “If my lying in
the dust would elevate my Lord by so much as an inch, let me still lie
among the pots of earth. If to live on earth for ever would make my Lord
more glorious, it should be my heaven to be shut out of heaven.” Our time
is fixed and settled by eternal decree. Let us not be anxious about it, but
wait with patience till the gates of pearl shall open.
To make sure you never miss an episode, please subscribe today wherever you listen to podcasts.
Producer: Todd Adkins
Voice Artist: Ian Cullen
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