the Third Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
John Gossner's Treasury
Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Psalms 37:4. Is there a God beside me? Yea, there Is no God; I know not any. Isaiah 44:8.
Search the heavens and the whole earth, and you will not find a better Lord, none who gives, or can give you, the desire of your heart; none who can blot out your sins and soothe your conscience; none who can give you a new heart, a heavenly mind, desire and power to keep His commandments; none who can work in you a living hope of eternal life, of divine glory, and establish and seal it as He can; none upon whom you, may depend so safely and confidently in all your need as upon Him and from whom you may expect such powerful and ready help. He is, therefore, the Incomparable, the only one in heaven and upon the earth. But who knows Him as such? Who believes in Him as such? To whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? Only he who has experienced it knows how blessed it is to be one with Him. Delight thyself in Him; that is the only condition; then He will be all to you, He will give you all that your heart may desire. Only give Him your heart and He will give you all. Only be completely His and He will be completely yours. When all the desires of your heart are turned toward Him, as the arms of a child in danger are stretched out toward its mother; when your longing and yearning encompass Him in such a manner, and you cling to Him, He will give you even more than your heart desires, more than it is able to desire. For before you have tasted and experienced it, you can not conceive of all the goodness, all the glory, and all the blessedness, which He gives unto those who delight in Him. Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him" (1 Corinthians 2:9).
Hence all fears and sadness.
For the Lord of gladness,
Jesus, enters in;
They who love the Father,
Though the storms may gather.
Still have peace within,
Yea, whate’er I here must bear.
Thou art still my purest pleasure,
Jesus, priceless treasure.
