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Daily Devotionals
John Gossner's Treasury
None eye pitied thee. And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live. Ezekiel 16:5-6. The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. Isaiah 29:19.
When no one takes pity on us in our misery; when the poor soul nowhere finds comfort and rest, then the Lord passes by, not as the priest and the Levite, but as the Samaritan. As He sees deeper into the wounds of your soul than they, and far better knows the danger in which you are. He draws near to you with the most tender mercy. Does He see you polluted in your own blood? Do you bewail and lament your sins with tears of blood? It breaks His heart, and He hastens to help you and to say to you, "Live. I will; be thou clean." And what He says comes to pass; what He commands is accomplished. Your ears, that heretofore have been deaf, shall hear; your eyes, that heretofore have been blind, shall see how kindly He stands before your heart, how lovingly He speaks the word of peace. Your heart, heretofore closed to all comfort, will open, and His life-giving consolation will enter and impart to you life and joy in such fulness that you shall say, "It is too much, O Lord, it is too much; I am not worthy of all the tender mercies and all the faithfulness which Thou bestowest upon me. " Then the poor soul has peace in the Lord; He does not reject sinners that cry to Him. Your heart shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel, who forgiveth all thy iniquities and healeth all thy diseases.
Ye sinners, come, ’tis mercy’s voice;
The gracious call obey.
Mercy invites to heavenly joys,
And can you yet delay?
