JULY 29 Nevertheless, I am continually with you. Psalm 73:23 “Nevertheless”—as if, notwithstanding all the foolishness and ignorance that Asaph had just been confessing to God, not one atom was it less true and certain that Asaph was saved and accepted, and that the blessing of being constantly in God’s presence was undoubtedly his. Fully…

JULY 27 … Precious and very great promises. (2 Peter 1:4) If you would know experimentally [experientially] the preciousness of the promises and enjoy them in your own heart, meditate much upon them. There are promises that are like grapes in the winepress; if you will tread them, the juice will flow. Thinking over the hallowed…

JULY 25 He left his garment in her hand and fled and got out of the house. (Genesis 39:12) In contending with certain sins there remains no mode of victory but by flight. The ancient naturalists wrote much of basilisks, whose eyes fascinated their victims and rendered them easy victims; so the mere gaze of…

JULY 24 Stand firm, and see the salvation of the Lord. Exodus 14:13 These words contain God’s command to the believer when he is reduced to great straits and brought into extraordinary difficulties. He cannot retreat; he cannot go forward; he is shut up on the right hand and on the left; what is he…

July 23 The blood of Jesus his son cleanses us from all sin. (1 John 1:7) “Cleanses,” says the text—not “shall cleanse.” There are multitudes who think that as a dying hope they may look forward to pardon. Oh, how infinitely better to have cleansing now than to depend on the bare possibility of forgiveness when…

JULY 21 She wags her head behind you— the daughter of Jerusalem. (Isaiah 37:22) Reassured by the Word of the Lord, the poor trembling citizens of Zion grew bold and shook their heads at Sennacherib’s boastful threats. Strong faith enables the servants of God to look with calm contempt upon their most haughty foes. We know…

JULY 19 The Lord our God has shown us his glory. (Deuteronomy 5:24) God’s great design in all His works is the manifestation of His own glory. Any aim less than this would be unworthy of Himself. But how shall the glory of God be manifested to such fallen creatures as we are? Man’s eye…

JULY 16 Morning by morning they gathered it. (Exodus 16:21) Work hard to maintain a sense of your entire dependence upon the Lord’s good will and pleasure for the continuance of your richest enjoyments. Never try to live on the old manna, nor seek to find help in Egypt. All must come from Jesus or…

JULY 14 If you wield your tool on it you profane it. (Exodus 20:25) God’s altar was to be built of unhewn stones, that no trace of human skill or labor might be seen upon it. Human wisdom delights to trim and arrange the doctrines of the cross into a system more artificial and more…