the Third Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
John Gossner's Treasury
Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul. Psalms 54:4. I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever; I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Psalms 61:4. For thy maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy redeemer the Holy One of Israel; the God of the whole earth shall he be called. Isaiah 54:5.
God has given Himself to us. "I will be their God; and they shall be my people. " Thus He often speaks in His word (Exodus 29:45; Leviticus 26:12; Ezekiel 37:27). "I will betroth thee unto me forever; yea, I will betroth thee unto m in righteousness" (Hosea 2:19-20). Therefore it is written in Isaiah 54:5. “Thy Maker is thy husband," He is thy betrothed, and thy spouse, who has interested Himself in thee as a man interests himself in a forsaken wife, who has given thee such rich gifts and who desires so completely to belong to thee that thou canst plead it and say to Him, Thou art my God. Thou must interest Thyself in me as a bridegroom interests himself in his bride. I was cast upon Thee from the womb" (Psalms 22:10). “By Thee I have been holden up from the womb" (Psalms 71:6). "Thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb" (Psalms 139:13)Thus have they spoken to God who have trusted in Him. So must your faith also speak. God is your God, and all that which is His is yours also. His love has bestowed upon you all that He is. He exists for you as if He were your God alone, almighty, merciful, gracious and omnipresent for you alone. All that He is, and all that He can do. He has promised and sworn to you. You must either deny the existence of God or confess that He is your God, who never can forsake you, and never disown Himself; for He is your Maker and your Husband. He has taken upon Himself and sworn to the obligation, "I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee" (Joshua 1:5; Deuteronomy 31:6-8). We can therefore cheerfully say, “In God have I put my trust: I will not fear what flesh can do unto me" (Psalms 56:5; Psalms 56:12; Hebrews 13:6).
The bounties of Thy love
Shall crown my following days;
Nor from Thy house will I remove.
Nor cease to speak Thy praise.
