“And they said, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.”Acts 16:31
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Come, Let Us Sing the Song of Songs
Words: James Montgomery (edited) Tune: Doxology
1. Come, let us sing the song of songs,
The glory which to Christ belongs;
The hosts of Heav’n began the strain,
Worthy the Lamb, for He was slain.
2. Slain to redeem us by His blood,
And makes us kings and priest to God;
To cleanse from ev’ry sinful stain,
Worthy the Lamb, for He was slain.
3. Among a thousand hearts and songs,
His sacred name fills all our tongues;
All pow’r in Heav’n and earth proclaim,
Worthy the Lamb, for He was slain.
4. Long as I live and when I die,
This song of songs shall be my cry;
And while in Heav’n with Him I reign,
Worthy the Lamb, for He was slain.
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Sovereign, Supreme Disposal
“And hath put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be the Head over all things to the church,” Ephesians 1:22
How vast, how numerous, how complicated are the various events and circumstances which attend the Christian here below as he travels onward to his heavenly home! But if all things are put under Jesus' feet, there cannot be a single circumstance over which He has not supreme control. Everything in providence and everything in grace are alike subject to His disposal.
There is not a trial, a temptation, an affliction of body or soul, a loss, a cross, a painful bereavement, a vexation, a grief, a disappointment, a case, state or condition, which is not put under Jesus' feet. He has sovereign, supreme disposal over all events and circumstances. As possessed of infinite knowledge, He sees them; as possessed of infinite wisdom, He can manage them; and as possessed of infinite power, He can dispose and direct them for our good and His own glory. How much trouble and anxiety would we save ourselves, could we firmly believe, realize, and act on this!
If we could see by the eye of faith that every foe and every fear, every difficulty and perplexity, every trying or painful circumstance, every looked for or unlooked for event, every source of care, whether at present or in prospect—are all at His sovereign disposal, what a load of anxiety and care would be often taken off our shoulders! --J. C. Philpot
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They are new every morning!
“It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:22-23
Each Christian may find in his own case, some peculiar token of God's providential kindness to him. It is in the details of each man's personal history that we find the most touching manifestations of God's providential care. None of us can refuse to acknowledge that we have been the objects of a watchfulness which has never slumbered, and of a benevolence which has never been weary in doing us good.
Were we to attempt an enumeration of all the blessings which we have received at God's hand, deliverance's which He has wrought out for us, snares from which He has preserved us, manifestations of His long-suffering patience, and tender mercy, of which we ourselves have been the objects — were we to begin with the years of infancy and helplessness, and to trace our progress through the slippery paths of youth, until we reached our present state — we would soon find how impossible it is to reckon up the sum of our innumerable obligations to "the loving-kindness of the Lord."
For not only has God spared us in life, and upheld us from day to day, by His almighty power; not only has He given us our daily bread, and made our cup to run over — and that, too, notwithstanding all the ingratitude which we have displayed, and the manifold provocations which we have offered; but, in peculiar seasons, in seasons of difficulty and trial — He has often delivered our eyes from tears, and our feet from falling, and our souls from death!
And as often as we have cried to the Lord in our trouble, He has delivered us from our distresses — or supported and comforted us under them. So that each of His redeemed people, on a review of God's dealings with Him, will be forced to exclaim:
The Lord has been my Shepherd!
I have not lacked any good thing!
Hitherto has the Lord helped me!
The Lord has done all things well!
Surely goodness and mercy have followed me all the days of my life!
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