FEBRUARY 4 … A refuge from the avenger of blood.(Joshua 20:3) It is said that in the land of Canaan, cities of refuge were so arranged that any man might reach one of them within half a day at the most. In the same way, the word of our salvation is near to us; Jesus…

FEBRUARY 3 Tell me … Where you pasture your flock, where you make it lie down at noon.(Song of Songs 1:7) These words may be taken as expressions of the believer’s desire for Christ’s fellowship and his longing for present communion with Him. Where do You feed Your flock? In Your house? I will go,…

FEBRUARY 2 Now the records are ancient.(1 Chronicles 4:22) But not so ancient as those precious things that delight our souls. Let us for a moment recount them, repeating them as misers count their gold. The sovereign choice of the Father, by which He elected us unto eternal life before creation, is a matter of…

FEBRUARY 1 Your love to me was extraordinary.(2 Samuel 1:26) Come, dear readers, let us speak for ourselves of the wonderful love, not of Jonathan, but of Jesus. We will not relate what we have been told, but the things we have tasted and handled—of the love of Christ. Your love to me, O Jesus,…

JANUARY 18 He interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.(Luke 24:27) The two disciples on the road to Emmaus had a most profitable journey. Their companion and teacher was the best of tutors, the interpreter one of a thousand, in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. The…

JANUARY 17 It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking on the roof of the king’s house …(2 Samuel 11:2) At that hour, David saw Bathsheba. We are never out of the reach of temptation. We are liable to meet with allurements to evil both at home and away….

JANUARY 15 But I give myself to prayer.(Psalm 109:4) Lying tongues were busy against the reputation of David, but he did not defend himself; he moved the case to a higher court and pleaded before the great King Himself. Prayer is the safest method of replying to words of hatred. The psalmist prayed in no…

JANUARY 13 … Made the iron float.(2 Kings 6:6) The axe head seemed hopelessly lost, and as it was borrowed, the honour of the prophetic band was likely to be imperilled, and so the name of their God to be compromised. Contrary to all expectations, the iron was made to mount from the stream’s depth…

JANUARY 12 I have yet something to say on God’s behalf.(Job 36:2) We ought not to court publicity for our virtue or notoriety for our zeal, but at the same time, it is a sin to always seek to hide what God has bestowed upon us for the good of others. A Christian is not…