Rest on a Promise

Rest on a Promise, January 3
Author: Charles H. Spurgeon From the book: Faith's Checkbook

"The land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it." - Genesis 28:13

NO promise is of private interpretation: it blongs not to one saint, but to all believers. If, my brother, thou canst in faith lie down upon a promise, and take thy rest thereon, it is thine. Where Jacob "lighted," and tarried, and rested, there he took possession. Stretching his weary length upon the ground, with the stones of that place for his pillows, he little fancied that he was thus entering into ownership of the land; and yet so it was. He saw in his dream that wondrous ladder which for all true believers unites earth and heaven; and surely where the foot of the ladder stood he must have a right to the soil, for otherwise he could not reach the divine stairway. All the promises of God are "Yea and Amen" in Christ Jesus; and as He is ours, every promise is ours if we will but lie down upon it in restful faith.

Come, weary one, use they Lord's words as thy pillows. LIe down in peace. Dream only of Him. Jesus is thy ladder of light. See the angels coming and going upon Him between thy soul and thy God; and be sure that the promise is thine own God-given portion, and that it will not be robbery for thee to take it to thyself, as spoken specially to thee.

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Knowing that God's promises are perfect and belongs to all of the Lord's children is an amazing truth. The promises of God are "Yea and Amen!" So encouraging. Grace&Peace.

"9. Resolved, to think much on all occasions of my own dying, and of the common circumstances which attend death." - Jonathan Edwards, 70 Resolutions.