"The Spot of His
Children"
Happy is that
people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the
Lord. Ps. 144:15.
I will thank the
Lord my God for His great goodness and mercy and love expressed to the human
family. I am impressed we should cultivate cheerfulness; and what does this do?
It reveals to the world the peace and comfort that it is our privilege to
claim. It is not honoring our Lord and Saviour to carry a shade of gloom. Many
do this. . . .
"Give ear,
O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. My
doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small
rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass; because I will
publish the name of the Lord: ascribe ye greatness unto our God. He is the
Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and
without iniquity, just and right is he. They have corrupted themselves, their
spot is not the spot of his children" (Deut. 32:1-5).
"Not the
spot of his children." They do not possess the character of the sons and
daughters of God; do not in spirit, in words, in actions, appear as the people
who love God and keep His commandments. "Do ye thus requite the Lord, O
foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he
not made thee, and established thee?" "For the Lord's portion is his
people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. He found him in a desert land, and
in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept
him as the apple of his eye" (verses 6, 9, 10).
The tenderness
of God to His people, His unceasing care for them, the riches of the wisdom of
the methods He has taken to lead them to Himself, demand our gratitude
offerings expressed in most earnest devotion to serve Him with all humility of
mind and contrition of soul. The Lord is gracious, and He would have His people
represent His loving-kindness by acknowledgment in cheerful thanksgiving to
God. All who appreciate the favors of God will be a happy people.
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