EVENING DEVOTION by James Smith
SEPTEMBER 3
Isaiah 63:9
In all their affliction he was afflicted
The union between the Lord and his people is
real—it is close—it is vital.
Whatever affects the, affects him. He has a
fellow feeling with them.
If they are punished, he is persecuted.
They never suffer alone.
He is always present, and as the parent suffers
with the child, by sympathy; so the Lord is said to suffer with his people.
Their afflictions are many, they are often deep,
they are frequently very painful; but in all their afflictions, he is
affiliated, and the angel of his presence saves them.
Believer, are thou suffering?
In thy mind?
In thy body?
Jesus at the right hand of the Father knows it.
He sympathises with thee. Sweet thought?
Jesus, at this moment is sympathising with me!
He knows my weakness, my fears, my many trials;
he presents them all to the Father, and pleads for me that I may obtain mercy,
and find grace to help me in time of need.
Precious Lord Jesus! may I ever cherish the
thought. That thou takest part with me in all my trials and affiliations, and
will honourable bring me through them all.
We have not a High Priest above
Unmoved at what we suffer here:
In tenderest sympathy and love
He shares our pain, our grief, and fear.
Wounded with every wounded soul,
He bleeds the balm that makes us whole.
James Smith
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