"It is but a small thing for Me, your God, to help you. Consider what I have done already, What! Not help you? Why, I bought you with My blood. What! Not help you? I have died for you; and if I have done the greater, will I not do the less? Help you! It is the least thing I will ever do for you; I have done more, and will do more. Before the world began I chose you; I gave up My life for you; and if I did all this, I will surely help you now. In helping you, I am giving you what I have bought for you already. If you had need of a thousand times as much help, I would give it to you; you require little compared with what I am ready to give. It is much for you to need, but it is nothing for me to bestow. Help you? Fear not! If there were an ant at the door of your granary asking for help, it would not ruin you to give him a handful of your wheat; and you are nothing but a tiny insect at the door of My all-sufficiency. I will help you."
O my soul, is this not enough? Do you need more strength than the omnipotence of the united Trinity? Do you want more wisdom than exists in the Father, more love than displays itself in the Son, or more power than is manifest in the influences of the Spirit? Bring here your empty pitcher! Surely this well will fill it. Hurry, gather up your wants. and bring them here--your emptiness, your woes, your needs. Behold, this river of God is full for your supply; what else can you desire? Go forth, my soul, in this your might. The Eternal God is your helper!
Fear not, I am with you, oh, be not dismay'd!
I, I am your God, and will still give you aid.
chs | morning by morning, January 16
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Brent sent me this quote during our difficult time in Romans class. It was so needed at that time, as it is needed right now too. I love that ant analogy.
If He did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how will He not with Him freely give us all things? Rom 8:32
Yep, it came at a very timely time for me too.
God is SO kind to sinners who so quickly doubt him!
Man. I remember when I first read that. Spurgeon words are more encouraging than if I were to see an angel come down and tell me to not fear. I think I have this devotion in particular starred, circled, highlighted, and with 3 huge crosses next to it in my Morning by Morning. Perhaps it should preface every other Morning by Morning devotion (though I could say that for about half of them!).
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