Psalms 6:10

REFLECTIONS

MY soul! see, I charge it upon thee this day, see that thy perusal of these precious portions of scripture be all directed to the discovery of him, to whom all the prophets gave witness; that wheresoever in the blessed book of God thy meditations are directed, thou dost search for Jesus as for hidden treasure. He will be found of them that seek him. He will never say (for he hath never said) to any of the praying seed of David, seek ye my face in vain. And oh! thou blessed Holy One of God! wilt thou not now, as in the days that are past, wilt thou not draw nigh to those who desire to draw nigh unto thee, and, by the sweet teachings and influences of thy blessed Spirit, make precious discoveries of all things which are written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the Psalms, concerning thyself?

My soul! pause one moment longer over this divine Psalm, that contains in its bosom so much of Jesus! Did thy Lord thus groan, thus cry out, and was his precious soul thus deeply exercised, when he stood forth as thy Surety? Did Jehovah thus bruise him, and put him to grief? And in the seasons of these chastisements, did the Father love him with a love that passeth knowledge? Nay, did the Father therefore love him because he laid down his life, and made his soul an offering for sin? Oh! then, learn henceforth how rightly to estimate afflictions. Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth; Nay, my soul, recollect, if we endure chastening, God dealeth with us as with sons. Oh Lamb of God! cause me to forget my afflictions in the view of thine. Thou drankest the very dregs of the cup of trembling; that thy redeemed might drink of the cup of salvation. Thou, the glorious Head of thy church, didst take out all the sting of sorrow in the sting of death, which is sin, that thy members might feel no sting in their sorrows, from their interest and union in thee. Hail! thou now risen, exalted, and triumphant Saviour; thou hast now conquered ail thine enemies, and our victory is secured in thine! Even now, in thy strength and righteousness, we bid all workers of iniquity to depart from us; for our persons and prayers are accepted in thee, and ere long we shall sit down with thee in thy throne, even as thou hast overcome, and art sat down with thy Father in his throne. Amen.