THE STRENGTH OF ISRAEL WILL NOT LIE .

 

EVENING DEVOTION by James Smith

MARCH 4

 

1 Samuel 15:29

And also the Strength of Israel will not lie or repent:

for he is not a man, that he should repent.

 
Then he ought to be believed.
 
It is impossible for God to lie, then he ought to be trusted.
 
His promises are the fruits of his love, they are changeless as his nature and must be made good.
 
He is the OMNIPOTENT, and can fulfil his word;
he is the UNCHANGEABLE, and certainly will.
 
His strength is pledged to his people, to sustain them;
   his resources, to supply them;
and his faithfulness, to comfort them.
 
He speaks to us as sinners; he speaks to us as fearful, as tried, as suffering, just as we are to-night.
 
Do we believe his word?
 
Do we treat him as a truth-speaking God?
 
Has he our confidence?
 
Do we stay ourselves upon his word?
 
Are we looking at his promise, and while we look at it so we say, “This is the faithful word of the heavenly Father, this is certainly true, this must be fulfilled, this is more durable than heaven and earth, for Jesus has said, ‘Heaven and earth may pass away, but my word shall not pass away?’ “
 
Fix your eye on his word, and while you do, say,-
 

Yes; since God himself has said it,

On his promise I rely;

His good word demands my credit,

What can unbelief reply!

He is string, and can fulfil,

He is truth, and therefore will.

 
James Smith