Leap for joy my heart!

This is an excerpt from Charles Spurgeon morning devotional.

“His oath, his covenant, his blood,
Support me in the raging flood;
When every earthly prop gives way,
This still is all my strength and stay.”

[If Jesus undertook to bring me to glory, and if the Father promised that he would give me to the Son to be a part of the infinite reward of the travail of his soul; then, my soul, till God himself shall be unfaithful, till Jesus shall cease to be the truth, thou art safe. When David danced before the ark, he told Michal that election made him do so. Come, my soul, exult before the God of grace and leap for joy of heart.]

In this excerpt I really find an excellent way to present to God's wounded, an answer to give them strength and staying power as they find many obstacles in their path. Sometimes I find myself asking, myself, "how do they do it?" "With so much challenging them each day, how do they do it?" Of course the easy way is to just give up, but that is not the true Christian way. With Jesus' oath, His covenant, and His blood, that was shed for us, that is all we need for strength and to stay on this earthly path.

Today because of the touch of a cold or flu I decided to cancel my last two programs for this month. As much as I love being a messenger for God, I also know that, His wounded children and hopefully His soon to be children of His, do not need any more challenges to be facing them.

Last night when I was presenting a program, I felt a lot better than I do today, a woman was singing along to all the older hymns. She told me, "I don't know how I could get through each day without my Jesus"! She also told me she wants to start a Bible Study in the home but she is not a teacher. See she understands as Charles Spurgeon wrote above, until God Himself becomes unfaithful and Jesus shall cease to be the truth, her soul is safe! By the way God will always be faithful, Joshua 1:5 No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not fail you nor forsake you. and Jesus will always be the truth, John 14:6 Jesus said to him, I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life; no one comes to the Father but by Me.

Praise God!

From God's heart, to mine, to yours,
Ed Shagott