_STRENGTH IN QUIETNESS_
‘In quietnees and in confidence shall be your strength.’
Isaiah 30:15
Our weakness sometimes brings to light God’s strength. St. Paul said
of himself, ‘When I am weak, then am I strong’; and of the Old
Testament saints, that they ‘out of weakness were made strong.’
There i... [ Continue Reading ]
_GOD COMPELLED TO WAIT_
‘Therefore will the Lord wait, that He may be gracious unto you.’
Isaiah 30:18
God is thus compelled to wait ere He can bless us because of—
I. OUR DISOBEDIENCE.
II. OUR FALSE CONFIDENCE.
This was such a time in the history of Israel (see Isaiah 30:7).
III. OUR APAT... [ Continue Reading ]