SPIRITUAL FOUNDATION!

Acts 2:17 KJV
And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

COMMENTARY!

The Lord knows those that are his, yea, and those that shall be his; for it is by his work upon them that they become his. Let us not despair concerning any place, when even in wicked Corinth Christ had many people.

He will gather in his chosen flock from the places where they are scattered. Thus encouraged, the apostle continued at Corinth, and a numerous and flourishing church grew up.

OBSERVATION!

The Spirit dwelling and working in believers is as a fountain of living, running water, out of which plentiful streams flow, cooling and cleansing as water. The miraculous gifts of the Holy Spirit we do not expect, but for his more common and more valuable influences, we may apply.

These streams have flowed from our glorified Redeemer, down to this age, and to the remote corners of the earth. May we be anxious to make them known to others. John 7:38
[38]He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

COMMENTARY!

If any man desires to be truly and forever happy, let him apply to Christ and be ruled by him.

This thirst means strong desires after spiritual blessings, which nothing else can satisfy; so the sanctifying and comforting influences of the Holy Spirit, were intended by the waters which Jesus called on them to come to Him and drink. The comfort flows plentifully and constantly as a river; strong as a stream to bear down the opposition of doubts and fears. There is a fulness in Christ, of grace for grace.

CLOSING OBSERVATION!

The promise is sure, and the blessings contained in it are very rich; and the benefits enjoyed through Jesus Christ, call for the most enlarged thanksgivings. By Jesus Christ, the Root of Jesse, the Divine anger against mankind was turned away, for he is our Peace.

Those to whom God is reconciled, he comforts. They are taught to triumph in God and their interest in him.

I will trust him to prepare me for his salvation and preserve me to it.

One night, I dreamed a dream.
As I was walking along the beach with my Lord.
Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life.
For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand,
One belonging to me and one to my Lord.

After the last scene of my life flashed before me,
I looked back at the footprints in the sand.
I noticed that at many times along the path of my life,
especially at the very lowest and saddest times,
there was only one set of footprints.

This really troubled me, so I asked the Lord about it.
“Lord, you said once I decided to follow you,
You’d walk with me all the way.
But I noticed that during the saddest and most troublesome times of my life,
there was only one set of footprints.
I don’t understand why, when I needed You the most, You would leave me.”

He whispered, “My precious child, I love you and will never leave you
Never, ever, during your trials and testings.
When you saw only one set of footprints,
It was then that I carried you!

I will trust him with all my concerns, not doubting, but he will make all to work for good.

Faith in God is a sovereign remedy against tormenting fears. Many Christians have God for their strength, who have him not for their song; they walk in darkness: but those who have God for their strength ought to make him their song; that is, give him the glory of it, and take to themselves the comfort of it.

This salvation is from the love of God the Father it comes to us through God the Son, and it is applied by the new-creating power of God the Spirit.

When this is seen by faith, the trembling sinner learns to hope in God and is delivered from fear. The purifying and sanctifying influences of the Holy Ghost often are denoted under the emblem of springing water.

This work flows through the mediation of Christ and is conveyed to our souls by means of God’s ordinances. Blessed be God, we have wells of salvation opened on every side, and may draw from them the waters of life and consolation.

FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND!