the Fourth Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
John Gossner's Treasury
My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times. My soul fainteth for thy salvation. Psalms 119:20-21. Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble. Psalms 10:17. We shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself even as he is pure. 1 John 3:2-3.
It is impossible and unnatural for him who has tasted the goodness of the Lord, not to long for Him. When we know Jesus, should we long less for Him than did the soul of David breaking "for the longing" after Jehovah? Should the God of the New Testament, the bleeding, suffering and dying Savior, the good Shepherd, the Lamb, the Bridegroom, draw us less powerfully to Himself? Should not He rather kindle more ardent longing than did the thundering and lightening Jehovah of the old covenant? Should our love be colder to Him who has loved us unto death and whom we see dying upon the cross because of love? No: he who knows Jesus, burns with longing for Him day and night; he comforts himself with His will only and with the lively hope of seeing Him some day, and all the more glorious, the longer he must remain a pilgrim on earth. Beloved, how is it with your soul? Do you long for Jesus? Or would you be terror-stricken if you should see Him to-day? Let him who would have a joyful and lively hope of seeing Jesus, purify himself from all defilement of the world, from selfishness and vanity; let him purify himself even as God is pure. For the unclean shall not see God and Christ.
Thee will I love, my strength, my tower.
Thee will I love, my joy, my crown;.
Thee will I love with all my power.
In all my work and Thee alone;
Thee will I love, till the pure fire
Fill my soul with chaste desire.
