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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Can it be, that the chief object of existence is to sing, and play, and dress and dance? Do not these things, when we reflect upon them, look more like the pursuits of butterflies and grasshoppers, and canary birds – than of rational creatures? Is it not melancholy to see beings with never-dying souls, sinking to the amusements of children; and employing time as if it were given them for nothing but mirth; and using the world as if it were created by God only to be a sort of playground for its inhabitants?
John Angell James

Oh, there is, in contemplating Christ, a balm for every wound! In musing on the Father, there is a quietus for every grief and in the influence of the Holy Spirit there is a balsam for every sore. Would you lose your sorrows? Would you drown your cares? Then go plunge yourself in the Godhead’s deepest sea; be lost in His immensity; and you shall come forth as from a couch of rest, refreshed and invigorated. I know nothing which can so comfort the soul, so calm the swelling billows of grief and sorrow; so speak peace to the winds of trial, as a devout musing upon the subject of the Godhead.
C.H. Spurgeon

    • Bible Reading: AUG06: Isaiah 46-49

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    AUGUST 6

    Chapters 46–48 show the greatness of God’s power. We have
    previously seen the greatness of His person, the greatness of His
    purpose, the greatness of His pardon, and the greatness of His
    promises.

    Today’s reading describes the utter ruin of Babylon. When
    Isaiah spoke the words that are written here, Babylon was not yet a
    great world power, so some of the Jews must have wondered about his
    message. But Babylon did rise to a world power and did conquer
    Judah. In spite of the conquest of Babylon against Judah, God said
    He would carry His people and would deliver them if they would turn
    back to Him.

    God’s judgment on Babylon is recorded in chapters 47 and 48.
    God was greater than the heathen gods of the Old Testament, just as
    He is greater than Satan in the world today. Psalm 37 tells us to
    fret not because of evil doers. We have one we can turn to in time
    of trouble. He is ever near, always caring for us. His greater
    promise is that “him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out”
    (John 6:37b). God loves us; He gave His Son for us; His Son died,
    rose from the dead, and today is our advocate, or lawyer, and is
    seated at the right hand of the Father, making intercession for us.
    This same wonderful God of the Old Testament is our God today. He is
    just in punishing sin, but He is loving and forgiving to those who
    come to Him in repentance and faith.

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