Fri.-Sabbath, 8/10-12/18 Devotion

Praise God—it is almost Sunday! We GET to go back to church again. In or-der to help get us ready, here is Thomas Watson, from his, "Happiness of Drawing Close to God" book. . . .

"To draw near to God is our peace. The only thing which breaks our peace is, when we do not keep close to God. But what harmony, indeed Heaven is in the soul when it draws near to God! Psalm 119:165: ‘Great peace have they which love Your law.’ This peace, like pearl in broth, is pleasant. David drew near to God, for He was ‘ever with him,’ (Psalm 139:17). And this made his pillow soft when he went to sleep. Psalm 4:8: ‘I will lay me down in peace.’
. . . How comfortable it is to draw near to the sun! And how sweet is it to ap-proach nigh to the Sun of Righteousness.

"To draw near to God is our riches. It is good drawing near to a gold mine. If we draw near to God, He will enrich us with promises, and divine consola-tions. He will enrich us with the ‘pearl of great price,’ (Mk. 13:46). He will re-ward us as a king, yea as a God. He will give over His land and jewels to us. He will give us the spring flowers of joy here, and the harvest of glory here-after."