THAT THE POWER OF CHRIST

 

FEBRUARY 3
 
That the power of Christ may rest upon me.
2 Corinthians 12:9
 

The Christian’s infirmities are many and 

  very painful, they often discourage, 

     deject, and cast him down.
 
They hinder him in every duty,
  mar his best performance, and
  give Satan an occasion against him.
 
Few have learnt the happy art of glorying 

     in their infirmities,
  that the power of price may rest upon them; 

  and yet it is our infirmities which render 

  the Saviour so necessary for us, and 

  which endear the Saviour so much to our hearts.
 
His power is put forth in our weakness, and
  it is in his strength that we must overcome.
 
We can do nothing good without him;
  but through him we can do all things.
 
The power of Jesus resting upon us
  with shelter us amidst all the storms of life,
  protects us from all real danger
   during our journey home,
  refresh us admist all the toils of his weary land,
  gives us rest in our most weary hours, and
  keeps us safe until we are beyond
   the reaches of our foes.
 
The power of Christ overshadows his people
  in their seasons of trial as a tent
  the traveller in the eastern desert.
 
Must I be tried and tortur’d still?
I yield to thy mysterious will;
Forgive me, Lord, to prove,
In nature’s utter helplessness.
The strength of all sufficient grace,
Th’ omnipotence of love.
 
James Smith 1849