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January 15 Elijah Watched and Waited “It came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land” (1 Kings 17:7). Week after week, with unfaltering and steadfast spirit, Elijah watched that dwindling brook; often tempted to stagger through unbelief, but refusing to […] January 14 Christ Sometimes Delays His Help “I called upon him, but he gave me no answer” (S. of Sol. 5:6). The Lord, when He hath given great faith, hath been known to try it by long delayings. He has suffered His servants’ voices to echo in their ears as from a […] January 13 God Has Chosen Me “I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction” (Isa. 48:10). Does not the Word come like a soft shower, assuaging the fury of the flame? Yes, is it not an asbestos armor, against which the heat has no power? Let the affliction come–God has chosen […] January 12 Weights Become Wings “They shall mount up with wings as eagles” (Isa.40:31). There is a fable about the way the birds got their wings at the beginning. They were first made without wings. Then God made the wings and put them down before the wingless birds and said to them, […] January 11 Keep Your Hands Off “Neither know we what to do; but our eyes are, upon thee” (2 Chron. 20:12). A life was lost in Israel because a pair of human hands were laid unbidden upon the ark of God. They were placed upon it with the best intent, to steady […] |
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