Words of Encouragement Scripture: Amos 7:1-3 1. Thus the Lord God showed me and behold, He was forming a locust swarm when the spring crop began to sprout. And behold, the spring crop was after the kings mowing. 2. And it came about, when it had finished eating the vegetation of the land, that I said Lord God, please pardon! How can Jacob stand, for he is small? 3. The Lord changed His mind about this. It shall not be, said the Lord. Look closely at verse 1. From Our Daily Homily by F.B. Meyer Our King has often to mow the grass of the inner life--the daisies and buttercups of experiences of which we are so proud, the tall stalks, the flowering grasses. Were He to leave them, the entire growth would become altogether too coarse and rank for use. The lawn on which He loves to walk, with its velvet pile of grass, would become coarse and rough. Mowing implies death. All the pretty flowers and myriads of blades lie in long swathes of death presently to be carried away to the rubbish heap. From myriads of dying flowers the last expiring sigh is being breathed out on the soft spring breeze. We must be prepared to die to our complacent self-content; to our blissful frames and feelings; to our complaints and consolations--if any of them come between us and our King. But after the Kings mowing there is the aftermath. It is said that the tenderest juiciest shoots appear on lawns which are repeatedly mown. This is what the young lambs love, if they may taste it. And surely there is no such piety as that which follows on the repeated application of Gods mower. When repeated strokes have robbed us of health, friends money and favorable circumstances; then we put forth our tenderest shoots of love, and prayer, and consecration. Oh, do not be afraid of the mower! The King loves you too well to hurt you. Be of good heart; you shall yet bear an aftermath! What do you think of your God now? asked a well-known skeptic of Silwood of Keswick, who for twenty years suffered agonies. Since He is able to keep me in perfect peace, was the reply, amid sufferings like mine, I think of Him more then ever. Here was aftermath indeed! So, be encouraged, my friend! P.S. Here is a hymn mix exalting the Word of God: Wonderful Words of Life performed by Bill and Gloria Gaither and their Homecoming Friends. Enjoy! https://youtube/watch?v=q499q89HOpM&list=RDq499q89HOpM#t=0
Posted on: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 13:52:35 +0000
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