Morning
Time: 3:47 AM PST
"His ways are everlasting." --Habakkuk 3:6
What He hath done at one time, He will do yet again. Man's ways are variable,
but God's ways are everlasting. There are many reasons for this most comforting
truth: among them are the following--the Lord's ways are the result of wise
deliberation; He ordereth all things according to the counsel of His own
will. Human action is frequently the hasty result of passion, or fear, and is
followed by regret and alteration; but nothing can take the Almighty by
surprise, or happen otherwise than He has foreseen. His ways are the
outgrowth of an immutable character, and in them the fixed and settled
attributes of God are clearly to be seen. Unless the Eternal One Himself can
undergo change, His ways, which are Himself in action, must remain for ever the
same. Is He eternally just, gracious, faithful, wise, tender?--then His ways
must ever be distinguished for the same excellences. Beings act according to
their nature: when those natures change, their conduct varies also; but since
God cannot know the shadow of a turning, His ways will abide everlastingly the
same. Moreover there is no reason from without which could reverse the divine
ways, since they are the embodiment of irresistible might. The earth is
said, by the prophet, to be cleft with rivers, mountains tremble, the deep lifts
up its hands, and sun and moon stand still, when Jehovah marches forth for the
salvation of His people. Who can stay His hand, or say unto Him, What doest
Thou? But it is not might alone which gives stability; God's ways are the
manifestation of the eternal principles of right, and therefore can never
pass away. Wrong breeds decay and involves ruin, but the true and the good have
about them a vitality which ages cannot diminish.
This morning let us go to our heavenly Father with confidence, remembering
that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever, and in Him the
Lord is ever gracious to His people.