SOWING AND REAPING

SOWING AND REAPING

I do trust this may prove to be a sowing time with you. “He which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully” (2 Corinthians 9: 6). If we really delight in receiving from the Lord, we shall bring forth the fruit of it; we shall have the deep good of it ourselves, and out of our belly shall flow rivers of living water.

It is a wonderful thing to be so satisfied in the Lord’s company, that we can be tranquil about everything. You will often find that it is the one of the most anxious temperament who finds most in the Lord, when such an one begins to learn Him. I remember when I used to think that I should be happy beyond conception if I were able to say, “I will fear no evil” (Psalm 23: 4); my “heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord” (Psalm 112: 7). In order to reach this, you must find the Lord enough, without anything else. We all say that He is enough, but it is quite a different thing to know it practically. You can never prove the worth of any one, until you are absolutely dependent on him; and when that One is “greater than Solomon”, it is no wonder that when we are shut in to Him there should, like the queen of Sheba, be no more spirit in us. I like the idea that first gave place to a nun, absolute consecration of heart to the Lord; but that is putting the cart before the horse. The nun gives up to find; you and I are to give up, because we have found. May you daily find Him more and more to you, and prove the restfulness of this acquisition.