The Lord Reigns

August 12, 2009

Daily Wisdom

The Lord loves both Christian and sinner with equal fervor and calls each of us to His throne of grace that we should humble ourselves, repenting our sins and come to the foot of the cross. To those that come, God will grant redemption from their sins and new life in Christ. Sadly some will reject Gods offer and continue to delight in the pleasures of this world living in darkness serving only the prince of darkness. We therefore by living a renewed life reflect the Light revealing God’s love and forgiving spirit to those still living in darkness so that they may see the light and seek also the new life in Christ. Let us rejoice therefore that the God who reigns over the earth shall give all men opportunity to taste His loving grace.
Jim Haynes – August 12, 2009

"The Lord reigns, let the earth rejoice."
Psalms 97:1

Causes for disquietude there are none so long as this blessed sentence is true. On earth the Lord's power as readily controls the rage of the wicked as the rage of the sea; His love as easily refreshes the poor with mercy as the earth with showers. Majesty gleams in flashes of fire amid the tempest's horrors, and the glory of the Lord is seen in its grandeur in the fall of empires, and the crash of thrones. In all our conflicts and tribulations, we may behold the hand of the divine King.

"God is God; He sees and hears
All our troubles, all our tears.
Soul, forget not, 'mid thy pains,
God o'er all for ever reigns."

In hell, evil spirits own, with misery, His undoubted supremacy. When permitted to roam abroad, it is with a chain at their heel; the bit is in the mouth of behemoth, and the hook in the jaws of leviathan. Death's darts are under the Lord's lock, and the grave's prisons have divine power as their warder. The terrible vengeance of the Judge of all the earth makes fiends cower down and tremble, even as dogs in the kennel fear the hunter's whip.

"Fear not death, nor Satan's thrusts,
God defends who in Him trusts;
Soul, remember, in thy pains,
God o'er all for ever reigns."

In heaven none doubt the sovereignty of the King Eternal, but all fall on their faces to do Him homage. Angels are His courtiers, the redeemed His favorites, and all delight to serve Him day and night. May we soon reach the city of the great King!

"For this life's long night of sadness
He will give us peace and gladness.
Soul, remember, in thy pains,
God o'er all for ever reigns."

Adopted by Christ is the Light Ministries - from Spurgeon's Morning & Evening - by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)

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