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Springs of Comfort, July 15
My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth
shall praise thee with joyful lips.
Psalm 63:5
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There is marrow and fatness for all who seek for truth as the miner
seeks for gold. Who is it that God will instruct? Isaiah tells us: “Thus saith
the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell
in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble
spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the
contrite ones” (
Isaiah 57:15
)—those who see the evil of their unconverted
characters, and repent, mourning over the life that has so poorly represented
Christ....
Gather the precious rays of light shining around you and focus them
in one blaze upon the Word, and truths hidden from the casual reader
will stand forth plainly and distinctly. All over the field of revelation are
scattered grains of gold—the sayings of the wisdom of God. If you are
wise you will gather up these precious grains of truth. Make the promises
of God your own. Then when test and trial come, these promises will be
to you glad springs of heavenly comfort. As you study the Word, it will
become to you a wellspring of wisdom. Thus you eat the flesh and drink
the blood of the Son of God.
Ask God to reveal light and truth to you by His Holy Spirit, that you
may understand what you read in His Word. When, after the resurrection,
Christ walked with the disciples to Emmaus, He opened their understanding
that they might understand the Scriptures. The same divine Teacher will
enlighten our understanding if we keep the windows of the heart opened
heavenward and closed earthward. The office of the Holy Spirit is to bring
all things to our remembrance and to guide us into all truth.
The Lord loves us, and we are to love Him with the whole heart. Ask
Him to guide you into all truth. He will do this. He longs to do it. He is
waiting for you to ask Him with true humility and a firm belief that He will
hear and answer you
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