A Goodly Heritage

The safety of God’s people does not depend on their number, wit, prowess, or inherent strength, but on him, who has made them his hidden ones. He that touches them touches the apple of his eye, Zechariah 2:8. In the time of trouble he shall hide them in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide them, Psalm 27:5. They are in no sense hidden from the notice or care of God, Isaiah 40:27; Psalm 38:9; Hosea 5:3; 2 Timothy 2:19. Nor is their course clandestine or cunning. Their very candour makes them suspected. Though they are not ostentatious, they are not deceitful. Nor do they make a secret of their love to Christ. Nor do they try to hide their sins from the eyes of God, but freely confess and bewail them. They have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty and do not walk in craftiness. Nor do they pass through life without a mark upon them. The world fixes its stigma; and God puts his name in their foreheads. They are the light of the world. And yet they are God’s hi...

Neither in our theology, nor in our devotions can we get on pleasantly without a constant recurrence to the might, the strength, the almightiness of God, . “The incomparable excellence of God shines out in his efficiency in creation and providence.” The breaking of Rahab in pieces shows what he can and will do, when necessary to preserve his people. Omnipotence can do any desirable thing. It raises and it calms the sea; it covers whole nations with mourning; it crushes the most powerful armies; it grasps creation; it balances the universe; it doeth all things. 11. How futile are all attempts to subvert the government of God. Its pillars are as firm as the pillars of heaven, verse 14. Yea, heaven and earth may pass away, but God’s throne shall stand. It is built on four principles, which cannot fail because they are founded in the divine nature, namely: “1. Justice, which defends his subjects, and does every one right. “2. Judgment, which restrains rebels, and keeps off injuries. “3. M...

All nature is controlled by God The seas, all waters, the clouds, the fires of heaven, the rocks, the great deep, fowls of every description, all creatures, all winds, all elements obey his voice and do his will. Of course nothing can of its own power, without divine permission, hurt any child of God, Ezekiel 34:25-28; Hosea 2:18.