THOU HAST ALSO WROUGHT ALL OUR WORKS IN US.

 

 

Thou hast also wrought all our works in us.
Isaiah 26:12

 
ALL that is really good comes from God.
 
If we have a good desire, God produced it;
  if we have a good hope, God gave it;
  if we have a good work, God wrought it.
 
It is God that worketh in us to will and
  to do his own good pleasure.
 
What then have we to be proud of?
 
What ground have we to boast?
 
Surely of all creatures, believers ought
  to be the most humble.
They are clothed with another's robe;
  they live upon another’s bread;
  they dwell in another's house;
  they are guided by another's hand;
  they work in another’s strength; and
  if they would obtain any good thing from God,
    they must go in another's name.
 
Real religion is altogether divine.
 
God is it's author and the glory of God is its end.
 
This should not make us despond,
  but it should make us dependent.
 
It should not cast us down,
  but it should fill us with gratitude.
 
We as much need the constant work
  of the Holy Spirit within us,
  as we need the constant intercession
    of Jesus for us.
 
Let us therefore ascribe all the good
  that is in within us, or that is done by us,
  to God as its proper Author.
 
Good and gracious God! --
 

Thou all our works in us hath wrought;

Our good is all divine;

The praise of every holy thought

And righteous work is thine.

 
James Smith 1849