EPHESIANS 1:
15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, 16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, 19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
| DAY 20—The Watchful Care of the Lord Over Those Who Hope in His Mercy |
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See these words of HOPE from Psalm 33:18,19—Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear Him, upon them that hope in His mercy, deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
We cannot reach beyond the value of the following words from a man named Matthew Henry who wrote a commentary on the whole Bible in the years from 1706 to 1721. I am amazed at what they speak to our generation regarding to the above words from Psalm 33:18,19.
“God beholds all the sons of men with an eye of observation, but his eye of favor and complacency is upon those that fear Him. He looks upon them with delight, as the father on his children, as the bridegroom on his spouse. While those that depend on arms and armies, on chariots and horses, perish in the disappointment of their expectations, God’s people, under His protection, are safe, for He shall deliver their soul from death when there seems to be but a step between them and it. If He does not deliver the body from temporal death, yet He will deliver the soul from spiritual and eternal death. Their souls, whatever happens, shall live and praise Him, either in this world or in a better. From His bounty they shall be supplied with all necessaries (the necessities of life). He shall keep them alive in famine; when others die for want, they shall live, which shall make it a distinguishing mercy. When visible means fail, God will find out some way or other to supply them.”
When the spirit of anti-Christ comes to its meanest in wearing out the saints, it is an understanding like the above that will keep secure those whose hope is in the Lord.
FATHER, I will keep my hope in Your mercy. The fact is that I have no other place to keep it. There is no goodness in me that can make me worthy of anything other than Your abundant mercy. Oh, how I praise You for Your mercies! I am finding they are new every morning. Now, please let this mercy of Yours rest upon these whose names I call before Your Throne. While their merits may be lacking, their needs are great.
The mercies of the Lord provide a theme for singing for
all generations.—Psalm 89:1-4
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