Fri.-Sabbath, 9/26-28/14 Devotion

Praise God—Sunday is almost here! In order to help get us ready for church, here is the great Thomas Watson, from "All Things for Good":

"There may be the seed of grace, where there is not the flower of joy. The earth may want a crop of corn, yet may have a mine of gold within. A Chris-tian may have grace within, though the sweet fruit of joy does not grow. Ves-sels at sea, that are richly fraught with jewels and spices, may be in the dark and tossed in the storm.

"A soul enriched with the treasures of grace, may yet be in the dark of deser-tion, and so tossed as to think it shall be cast away in the storm. David, in a state of dejection, prays, 'Take not thy Holy Spirit from me,' (Psalm 51:11). He does not pray, says Augustine, 'Lord, give me Thy Spirit,' but 'Take not away Thy Spirit,' so that still he had the Spirit of God remaining in him."