Springs of Comfort

[Daily Devotional]

Springs of Comfort 

     My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth
shall praise thee with joyful lips. Ps. 63:5.  

     There is marrow and fatness for all who seek for truth as the miner
seeks for gold. Who is it that God will instruct? Isaiah tells us: "Thus
saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I
dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and
humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart
of the contrite ones" (Isa. 57:15)--those who see the evil of their
unconverted characters, and repent, mourning over the life that has so
poorly represented Christ. . . .  

     Gather the precious rays of light shining around you and focus them in
one blaze upon the Word, and truths hidden from the casual reader will stand
forth plainly and distinctly. All over the field of revelation are scattered
grains of gold--the sayings of the wisdom of God. If you are wise you will
gather up these precious grains of truth. Make the promises of God your own.
Then when test and trial come, these promises will be to you glad springs of
heavenly comfort. As you study the Word, it will become to you a wellspring
of wisdom. Thus you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of God.  

     Ask God to reveal light and truth to you by His Holy Spirit, that you
may understand what you read in His Word. When, after the resurrection,
Christ walked with the disciples to Emmaus, He opened their understanding
that they might understand the Scriptures. The same divine Teacher will
enlighten our understanding if we keep the windows of the heart opened
heavenward and closed earthward. The office of the Holy Spirit is to bring
all things to our remembrance and to guide us into all truth.  

     The Lord loves us, and we are to love Him with the whole heart. Ask Him
to guide you into all truth. He will do this. He longs to do it. He is
waiting for you to ask Him with true humility and a firm belief that He will
hear and answer you.

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