Fri.-Sabbath, 1/25-27/19 Devotion

Hip, hip, hooray—The Lord's Day is fast approaching! We get to go back to church! Here are some helpful words, as we prepare for Sunday. This comes from Thomas Watson's "Assurance" treatise:

"He who loves God will be at pains to get to Him. What pains the merchant takes, what hazards he runs, to have a rich return from the Indies! Jacob lov-ed Rachel, and he could endure the heat by day, and the frost by night, that he might enjoy her. A soul that loves God will take any pains for the fruition of Him. 'My soul follows hard after God,' (Psalm 63:8). . . . Plutarch reports of the Gauls, an ancient people of France, that after they had tasted the sweet wine of Italy, they never rested till they had arrived at that country. He who is in love with God, never rests till he has a part in Him. 'I sought Him whom my soul loves,' (Song of Sol. 3:2). How can they say they love God, who are not industrious in the use of means to obtain Him?"