“I Am the Good Shepherd: the Good Shepherd giveth His life for the sheep.”John 10:11 *****
“Wherewith Shall I Come Before the Lord?” Words: John Berridge Tune: O Worship the King
1) Wherewith shall I come before the Most High, Who am but a worm, and doomed to die? My nature unholy was tainted in birth, And nursed by folly, brings all evil forth!
2) Whatever I do, some baseness appears; Wherever I go, it rings in my ears; Pursues me and rages with fulsomest breath, And tells me its wages are hell after death.
3) No labors of mine, with fasting and tears, Can purge away sin, or shorten arrears; One only sweet fountain of blood that was spilt Can loosen the mountain of high-crying guilt.
***** SCRIPTURE READINGS TODAY: Micah 6:1-8
***** The Wonders of His Providence! "A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps." Proverbs 16:9 "There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand." Proverbs 19:21 "Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?" Proverbs 20:24 Do not judge divine providence in little pieces — it is a grand mosaic, and must be seen as a whole. The Lord's wisdom is seen in arranging the smallest events so as to produce great results. We frequently hear people say of a pleasant or a great event, "What a providence! This is the finger of God!" — while they are silent as to anything which appears less important, or has an unpleasant savor. But the place of the flower upon the hillside — is as fixed as the station of a king! And the dust which is raised by a cart-wheel — is as surely steered by divine providence as the planet in its orbit! There is as much providence in the creeping of an insect upon a rose leaf — as in the marching of an army to ravage a continent! Everything, the most minute, as well as the most magnificent — is ordered by the Lord who has prepared His throne in the heavens, whose kingdom rules over all. Whatever the event may be, the attentive eye will as clearly see the Lord's providential hand. I am sure that God is in the world, yes, and is at my own fireside, and in my chamber — and manages my affairs, and orders all things for me, and for each one of His redeemed children. We need no miracles to convince us of His working, the wonders of His providence are as great marvels as miracles themselves. “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose" (Romans 8:28). --Charles Spurgeon *****
He is a Rich, Full, Free, and Inexhaustible Fountain! "For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon Him." Romans 10:12 This verse is full of precious consolation. As "Lord over all" He is able to enrich others. He possesses an inexhaustible stock of spiritual blessings, by which He can "be rich unto all who call upon Him." Note the objects of His enriching grace: "unto all that call upon Him." He enriches the guilty one, with the pardon of all his sins, however numerous and flagrant. 1 John 1:7; Acts 13:38. He enriches those condemned by the law, with deliverance and justification. Acts 13:39; Romans 5:1; 8:1. He enriches the unrighteous and defiled, with cleansing grace and regenerating power, to make them “new creatures in Christ Jesus.” 2 Corinthians 5:17. He enriches the outcast and abandoned, with adoption into His redeemed family, and all its precious privileges. He is a rich, full, free, and inexhaustible fountain! What more can be said? He enriches . . . the ignorant — with wisdom, the weak — with strength, the fearful — with courage, the depressed — with consolation, the soldier of the cross — with armor, success, and conquest, the tempted and tried — with support and a way of escape, the afflicted and bereaved — with strength according to the day, the dying — with the hope of immortality, and afterwards with Heaven itself! He can make all grace to abound to all His people! “For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly.” Psalm 84:11 –William Nicholson *****
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