AUGUST 12
The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant (Ps. 25:14).
This promise does not mean that those who fear God will know all the secret things and mysteries of the universe to which He has given no key. Holy Scripture plainly declares that "the secret things belong unto the Lord our God" (Deut. 29:29). The meaning of this text is that the familiar intimacy of the Lord will be with His people. They will know Him as their heavenly Father and Friend.
When Bishop Watts Ditchfield was a small boy, he was visiting one day at the home of an old woman who asked him to read a motto on the wall, "Thou God seest me." Then she said: "When you are older, people will tell you that God is always watching to see when you do wrong, in order to punish you. But I do not want you to think of it in that way. Always remember that God loves you so much that He cannot take His eyes off you."
Jesus said to His disciples, "Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you" (John 15:15). It is in the intimacy of friendship that God reveals His secret of salvation to His people. "If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself," said Jesus (John 7:17). Even the glorious gospel "is hid to them that are lost" (2 Cor. 4:3). They cannot see it. The secret of the Lord is not with them. But God promises to show His covenant to all who fear Him. His close relationship with His people is revealed especially in His communication to them by His Spirit of the covenant of salvation, which cannot be known by mere human reason, for "the Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God" (Rom. 8:16).
MEDITATION PRAYER: "Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance" (Ps. 89:15).
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The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant (Ps. 25:14).
This promise does not mean that those who fear God will know all the secret things and mysteries of the universe to which He has given no key. Holy Scripture plainly declares that "the secret things belong unto the Lord our God" (Deut. 29:29). The meaning of this text is that the familiar intimacy of the Lord will be with His people. They will know Him as their heavenly Father and Friend.
When Bishop Watts Ditchfield was a small boy, he was visiting one day at the home of an old woman who asked him to read a motto on the wall, "Thou God seest me." Then she said: "When you are older, people will tell you that God is always watching to see when you do wrong, in order to punish you. But I do not want you to think of it in that way. Always remember that God loves you so much that He cannot take His eyes off you."
Jesus said to His disciples, "Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you" (John 15:15). It is in the intimacy of friendship that God reveals His secret of salvation to His people. "If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself," said Jesus (John 7:17). Even the glorious gospel "is hid to them that are lost" (2 Cor. 4:3). They cannot see it. The secret of the Lord is not with them. But God promises to show His covenant to all who fear Him. His close relationship with His people is revealed especially in His communication to them by His Spirit of the covenant of salvation, which cannot be known by mere human reason, for "the Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God" (Rom. 8:16).
MEDITATION PRAYER: "Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance" (Ps. 89:15).
ReplyForward
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