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"He wakeneth morning by morning.
He wakeneth mine ear to hear as
the learned." (Isa
50:4)
"My soul shall be
satisfied as with marrow and
fatness; and my mouth shall
praise thee with joyful lips;
when I remember Thee upon my
bed, and meditate on Thee in the
night watches." (Psa
63:5,6)

February 5th
Morning Reading
"The Father sent the Son to
be the Saviour of the world." —
1 John 4:14
It is a sweet thought that Jesus Christ did not come forth
without His Father’s permission, authority, consent, and
assistance. He was sent of the Father, that He might be the
Saviour of men. We are too apt to forget that, while there are
distinctions as to the persons in the Trinity, there
are no distinctions of honour. We too frequently
ascribe the honour of our salvation, or at least the depths of
its benevolence, more to Jesus Christ than we do the Father.
This is a very great mistake. What if Jesus came? Did not His
Father send Him? If He spake wondrously, did not His Father pour
grace into His lips, that He might be an able minister of the
new covenant? He who knoweth the Father, and the Son, and the
Holy Ghost as he should know them, never setteth one before
another in his love; he sees them at Bethlehem, at Gethsemane,
and on Calvary, all equally engaged in the work of salvation. O
Christian, hast thou put thy confidence in the Man Christ Jesus?
Hast thou placed thy reliance solely on Him? And art thou united
with Him? Then believe that thou art united unto the God of
heaven. Since to the Man Christ Jesus thou art brother, and
holdest closest fellowship, thou art linked thereby with God the
Eternal, and “the Ancient of days” is thy Father and thy friend.
Didst thou ever consider the depth of love in the heart of
Jehovah, when God the Father equipped His Son for the great
enterprise of mercy? If not, be this thy day’s meditation. The
Father sent Him! Contemplate that subject. Think how
Jesus works what the Father wills. In the wounds of the
dying Saviour see the love of the great I AM. Let every thought
of Jesus be also connected with the Eternal, ever-blessed God,
for “It pleased the Lord to bruise Him; He hath put Him to
grief.”
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February 5th
Evening Reading
"At that time Jesus
answered." —
Matthew 11:25
This is a singular way in which to commence a verse—“At
that time Jesus answered.” If you will look at the context you
will not perceive that any person had asked Him a question, or
that He was in conversation with any human being. Yet it is
written, “Jesus answered and said, I thank Thee, O Father.” When
a man answers, he answers a person who has been speaking to him.
Who, then, had spoken to Christ? His Father. Yet there is no
record of it; and this should teach us that Jesus had constant
fellowship with His Father, and that God spake into His heart so
often, so continually, that it was not a circumstance singular
enough to be recorded. It was the habit and life of Jesus to
talk with God. Even as Jesus was, is this world, so are we; let
us therefore learn the lesson which this simple statement
concerning Him teaches us. May we likewise have silent
fellowship with the Father, so that often we may answer Him, and
though the world wotteth not to whom we speak, may we be
responding to that secret voice unheard of any other ear, which
our own ear, opened by the Spirit of God, recognizes with joy.
God has spoken to us, let us speak to God—either to set our seal
that God is true and faithful to His promise, or to confess the
sin of which the Spirit of God has convinced us, or to
acknowledge the mercy which God’s providence has given, or to
express assent to the great truths which God the Holy Ghost has
opened to our understanding. What a privilege is intimate
communion with the Father of our spirits! It is a secret hidden
from the world, a joy with which even the nearest friend
intermeddleth not. If we would hear the whispers of God’s love,
our ear must be purged and fitted to listen to His voice. This
very evening may our hearts be in such a state, that when God
speaks to us, we, like Jesus, may be prepared at once to answer
Him.
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