Today's encouragement comes from Psalm 111:4b & 5b, where we read these words:
"The LORD is gracious and full of compassion. . . . He will ever be mindful of His covenant."What a wonderful God believing Christian churchmen serve! He is amazingly merciful; and He is totally committed to His covenant (i.e. keeping all His promises to His church, in Christ alone). The world, our own flesh, and the devil are always seeking to make us think that the Lord is anything *but* "gracious and full of compassion”—but in our hearts and minds, all the re-deemed know this to be true.
Since we have such a spectacular God, let us serve Him with cheerfulness and vivacity today. While we live in this world, we have the honor and privil-ege of overcoming our weaknesses (in Christ, by faith); and, as we do this, we can lift up the Name of the Lord Jesus before the watching world.
[Puritan quote of the day: "Though heaven is God's glorious mansion, yet it will not serve His turn. God does not think that to be enough unless He has a dwelling also in a tender, broken, humble spirit.” —Jeremiah Burroughs, in, "Gospel Fear"]
