3-19-14 Daily Devotional 1 Peter 4:12 (KJV) 12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: Many hours were needed to enrich the harp of David, and many a waiting hour in the wilderness will gather for us a psalm of thanksgiving, and the voice of melody, to cheer the hearts of fainting ones here below, and to make glad our Fathers house on high. What was the preparation of the son of Jesse for the songs like unto which none others have ever sounded on this earth? The outrage of the wicked, which brought forth cries for Gods help; then, the faint hope in Gods goodness blossomed into a song of rejoicing for HIs mighty deliverances and manifold mercies. Every sorrow was another string to his harp; every deliverance another theme for praise. One thrill of anguish spared, one blessing unmarked or unprized, one difficulty or danger evaded, how great would our loss have been in that thrilling psalmody in which Gods people today find the expression of their grief or praise! To wait for God, and to suffer His will, is to know Him in the fellowship of His sufferings, and to be conformed to the likeness of His Son. So now, if the vessel is to be enlarged for spiritual understanding, be not frighted at the wider sphere of suffering that awaits you. The divine capacity of sympathy will have a more extended sphere, for the breathing of the Holy Ghost in the new creation never made a stoic, but left the hearts affection tender and true. He tested me where He entrusted me. 1 Timothy 1:12 (WAYS TRANSLATION) Pastor Essie Rogers
Posted on: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 10:52:48 +0000
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