Genesis 50:19-21 (AMP) "And
Joseph said to them, Fear not; for am I in the place of God? [Vengeance
is His, not mine.] As for you, you thought evil against me, but God
meant it for good, to bring about that many people should be kept alive,
as they are this day. Now therefore, do not be afraid. I will provide
for and support you and your little ones. And he comforted them
[imparting cheer, hope, strength] and spoke to their hearts [kindly]."
Spurgeon's Daily Devotional Luke 24:38
Spurgeon's Daily Devotional Luke 24:38
"Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your
hearts?"
Luke 24:38
"Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest O Israel, My way is hid from the
Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God?" The Lord cares for all
things, and the meanest creatures share in His universal providence, but His
particular providence is over His saints. "The angel of the Lord encampeth round
about them that fear Him." "Precious shall their blood be in His sight."
"Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints." "We know that
all things work together for good to them that love God, to them that are the
called according to His purpose." Let the fact that, while He is the Saviour of
all men, He is specially the Saviour of them that believe, cheer and comfort
you. You are His peculiar care; His regal treasure which He guards as the apple
of His eye; His vineyard over which He watches day and night. "The very hairs of
your head are all numbered." Let the thought of His special love to you
be a spiritual pain-killer, a dear quietus to your woe: "I will never leave
thee, nor forsake thee." God says that as much to you as to
any saint of old. "Fear not, I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward."
We lose much consolation by the habit of reading His promises for the whole
church, instead of taking them directly home to ourselves. Believer, grasp the
divine word with a personal, appropriating faith. Think that you hear Jesus say,
"I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not." Think you see Him
walking on the waters of thy trouble, for He is there, and He is saying, "Fear
not, it is I; be not afraid." Oh, those sweet words of Christ! May the Holy
Ghost make you feel them as spoken to you; forget others for
awhile--accept the voice of Jesus as addressed to you, and say, "Jesus whispers
consolation; I cannot refuse it; I will sit under His shadow with great
delight." Luke 24:38
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