He worketh (Psalm 37.5).
The translation that we find in Young of "Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass," reads:
"Roll upon Jehovah thy way; trust upon him: and he worketh. "
It calls our attention to the immediate action of God when we truly commit, or roll out of our hands into His, the burden of whatever kind it may be; a way of sorrow, of difficulty, of physical need,
or of anxiety for the conversion of some dear one.
"He worketh. " When? Now. We are so in danger of postponing our expectation of His acceptance of the trust, and His undertaking to
accomplish what we ask Him to do, instead of saying as we commit "He worketh. " "He worketh" even now; and praise Him that it is so.
The very expectancy enables the Holy Spirit to do the very thing we have rolled upon Him. It is out of our reach. We are not trying to
do it any more. "He worketh!"
Let us take the comfort out of it and not put our hands on it again. Oh, what a relief it brings! He is really working on the difficulty.
But someone may say, "I see no results." Never mind. "He worketh, " if you have rolled it over and are looking to Jesus to do it
Faith may be tested, but "He worketh"; the Word is sure! --V. H. F.
"I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth an things for me" (Psalm 57:2).
The beautiful old translation says, "He shall perform the cause
which I have in hand." Does not that make it very real to us today? Just the very thing that "I have in hand"-my own particular bit of
work today, this cause that I cannot manage, this thing that I
undertook in miscalculation of my own powers-this is what I may ask Him to do "for me," and rest assured that He will perform it "The
wise and their works are in the hands of God."
--Havergal.
The Lord will go through with His covenant engagements. Whatever He takes in hand He will accomplish; hence past mercies are guarantees
for the future and admirable reasons for continuing to cry unto
Him. --C. H. Spurgeon.
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Streams in the Desert May 22 Daily Devotional
Read the May 22 devotional from Streams in the Desert with Scripture-rooted reflection and daily Christian encouragement.