The Precious Words of Promise

"And He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee; For my strength is made perfect in weakness . . . II Cor. 12:9a

. . . Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities that the power of Christ may rest upon me." II Cor. 12:9B

God hath not promised
Skies always blue,
Flower-strewn pathways
All our lives through;
God hath not promised
Sun without rain,
Joy without sorrow,
Peace without pain.

But God hath promised
Strength for the day
Rest for the labor,
Light for the way,
Grace for all trails,
Help from above,
Unfailing sympathy,
Undying love.

Annie Johnson Flint

We never prize the precious words of promise," said Mr. Spurgeon, " 'til we are placed in condition in which their suitability and sweetness are manifested." We all of us value those golden words: "When thou walkest through fire thou shalt not be burned neither shall the flame kindle upon thee," but few, if any of us, have read them with the delight of Martyr Binney. To him this passage was a stay while he was in prison awaiting burning at the stake. His Bible, still preserved in the library of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, has the passage marked with a pen in the margin.

Doubtless if all were known, every promise in the Bible has borne a special message to some one Christian, and so the whole volume might be scored in the margin with momentoes of Christian experience, every one appropriate to the very letter.

Every promise in the Book is mine;
Every chapter, every verse, every line.

"Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises." II Peter 1:14

"The promises of God are certain, but they do not all mature in ninety days." - A. J. Gordon

By Mrs. Charles E. Cowman, taken from "Streams in the Desert Volume Two"