Fri.-Sabbath, 4/24-26/20 Devotion

Thank God! Sunday is *almost* here again! In order for us to get ready for Gods holy day, here are good words from Thomas Watson, from his, "A Di-vine Cordial” book. . . .

"Love is an expansion of the soul, or the inflaming of the affections, by which a Christian breathes after God as the Supreme and Sovereign Good. Love is to the soul as the weights to the clock; it sets the soul to go towards God—as the wings by which we fly to heaven. By love we cleave to God, as the needle to the compass.

"The ground of our love for God is knowledge. We cannot love that which we do not know. That our love may be drawn forth to God, we must know these three things in Him:

“1. A fullness (Col. 1:19). Christ has a fullness of grace to cleanse us, and of glory to crown us; a fullness not only of sufficiency, but of abundance. God is a sea of goodness without limits and boundaries.

“2. A freeness. God has an innate propensity to dispense mercy and grace. The Lord drops grace as the honeycomb. 'Whosoever will, let him take of the water of life freely,' (Rev. 22:17). God does not require that we should bring money with us, only our appetite.

“3. A propriety, or ownership. We must know that this fullness in God is ours. 'This God is our God,' (Psa. 48:14). Here is the ground of love—His Deity, and the interest we have in Him."