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Psalm 84:11
Evening • 10/1
Primary Scripture: Psalm 84:11
Jehovah is bounteous in His nature; to give is His delight. His gifts are precious beyond measure and are as freely given as the light of the sun. He gives grace to His elect because He wills it, to His redeemed because of His covenant, to the called because of His promise, to believers because they seek it, and to sinners because they need it.
He gives grace abundantly, seasonably, constantly, readily, and sovereignly, doubly enhancing the value of the gift by the manner of its bestowal. Grace in all its forms He freely gives to His people: comforting, preserving, sanctifying, directing, instructing, and assisting grace, He generously pours into their souls without ceasing, and He always will do so, whatever may occur.
Sickness may befall, but the Lord will give grace; poverty may happen to us, but grace will surely be given; death must come, but grace will light a candle at the darkest hour. Reader, how blessed it is as years go by, and the leaves begin again to fall, to enjoy such an unfading promise as this: The Lord will give grace.
The little conjunction “and” in this verse is a diamond rivet binding the present with the future: grace and glory always go together. God has married them, and no one can divorce them. The Lord will never deny glory to a soul to whom He has freely given His grace to live upon; indeed, glory is nothing more than grace in its Sabbath dress, grace in full bloom, grace like autumn fruit, mellow and perfected. How soon we may have glory, no one can tell! It may be that before this month of October has run out, we shall see the Holy City; but whether the interval is longer or shorter, we shall be glorified before long. Glory—the glory of heaven, the glory of eternity, the glory of Jesus, the glory of the Father—the Lord will surely give to His chosen. Oh, rare promise of a faithful God!
Two golden links of one celestial chain:
Who owns grace shall surely glory gain.
Scripture References
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- Psalm 84:11