Isaiah 41:29

REFLECTIONS

Holy Spirit! I beseech thee, by thy gracious influences, enable me to keep silence, and in humble waitings to distinguish thy divine leadings from my own carnal reasonings, when I draw nigh the throne of grace, in and through the Lord Jesus. Then shall I indeed come properly prepared, and renew my spiritual strength. Holy Father! I bow with reverence at thy footstool. I have access to the mercy-seat in and through Christ, but it was thou that didst call Jesus to be my High Priest, and gave him dominion over the people. Yea, Lord, thou art indeed the first and the last, Jehovah from the beginning. Precious Lord Jesus! I see in thee Jehovah's counsel, purpose, grace, and will! To thee were all the promises made, in thee are they all fulfilled, and from thee thy people derive all interest and right in them. Jesus hath threshed the mountains, and in him shall all his people be more than conquerors. Yea, Lord, thou hast subdued sin and Satan for us; and it is thou, and thou alone, that wilt subdue those powers in us. Oh! Lord! how are the souls of thy redeemed already made joyful in the assurance of victory, and both rejoice in the Lord, and glory in the Holy One of Israel. Blessed, almighty Father! blessed forever be thy name, that thou hast opened in the wilderness, to the thirst of poor sinners, fountains and rivers of waters! Thou hast planted the Plant of Renown! Thou hast given the Tree of Life! Thou hast, as the husbandman, made Jesus as the vine, and his people the branches. It is thou, even thou, that hast called him from the north, and made him blessings to the people. Oh! then, when my soul, which is poor and needy, shall at anytime seek water, and there is none, when all within me and without me is fainting for thirst, Oh! be thou to me, blessed Jesus, as rivers and streams from Lebanon; yea, be in me, a well of water, springing up to everlasting life, so shall I drink and live forever!