Streams in the Desert August 21 Daily Devotional

He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me; because he delighted in me (Psalm 18:19).
And what is this "large place"? What can it be but God Himself, that infinite Being in whom all other beings and all other
streams of life terminate? God is a large place indeed. And it was through humiliation, through abasement through nothingness that David was brought into it. --Madame Guyon.
"I bare you on eagle's wings, and brought you unto myself' (Exod.

19:4).
Fearing to launch on "full surrender's" tide,
I asked the Lord where would its waters glide My little bark, "To troubled seas I dread?"
"Unto Myself," He said.
Weeping beside an open grave I stood, In bitterness of soul I cried to God:
"Where leads this path of sorrow that I tread?" "Unto Myself," He said.
Striving for souls, I loved the work too well; Then disappointments came; I could not tell The reason, till He said, "I am thine all;
Unto Myself I call."
Watching my heroes-those I love the best-
I saw them fail; they could not stand the test, Even by this the Lord, through tears not few, Unto Himself me drew.
Unto Himself! Nor earthly tongue can tell The bliss I find, since in His heart I dwell;
The things that charmed me once seem all as naught; Unto Himself I'm brought. --Selected.