August 14
Ecclesiastes 7:14
in the day of adversity consider:
God also hath set the one over against the
other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
Circumstances sometimes regulate duties.
The Lord’s people have to pass through many
changes;
they are strangers and pilgrims here.
Sometimes prosperity calls for rejoicing, and
sometime adversity calls for consideration.
If our prayers appear to be shut out, our
petitions seem to be denied, and we cannot enjoy the life and power of religion;
it is the day of adversity.
If providence frowns, and the heart contracts
and becomes hard, it is a day of adversity; now we should consider, Is there
not a cause?
What is it?
Has sin been indulged?
Or mercy slighted?
Or duty neglected?
Or self deified?
What is the intention?
Is it to correct, reprove, and restore us?
How shall we now act?
Let us take a shame to ourselves; justify our
God; confess sin; lament over our folly; crave pardon and plead for
restoration.
It is a comfort to know that the Lord calls
us to return, declares He is ready to forgive, promises a gracious reception,
and assures us He will heal our backsliding and love us freely.
Let us, believing, look for His blessing.
Of my extreme distresses
The author is the Lord;
Whate’er His wisdom pleases,
His name to be still adored
If still He prove my patience,
And to the utmost prove,
Yet all His dispensations
Are faithfulness and love.
James Smith
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