May 23 – Evening
“Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money.” Isaiah 43:24 Worshippers at the temple were wont to bring presents of sweet perfumes to be burned upon the altar of God: but Israel, in the time of her backsliding, became …
Category: Devotional
May 23 – Morning
“The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me.” Psalm 138:8 Most manifestly the confidence which the Psalmist here expressed was a divine confidence. He did not say, “I have grace enough to perfect that which concerneth me-my faith is so …
May 22 – Evening
“Behold, thou art fair, my Beloved.” Song of Solomon 1:16 From every point our Well-beloved is most fair. Our various experiences are meant by our heavenly Father to furnish fresh standpoints from which we may view the loveliness of Jesus; …
May 22 – Morning
“He led them forth by the right way.” Psalm 107:7 Changeful experience often leads the anxious believer to enquire “Why is it thus with me?” I looked for light, but lo, darkness came; for peace, but behold trouble. I said …
May 21 – Evening
“There is corn in Egypt.” Genesis 42:2 Famine pinched all the nations, and it seemed inevitable that Jacob and his family should suffer great want; but the God of providence, who never forgets the objects of electing love, had stored …