“Exceeding great and precious promises.” — 2 Peter 1:4

If you would know experimentally the preciousness of the promises, andenjoy them in your own heart, meditate much upon them. There arepromises which are like grapes in the wine-press; if you will tread themthe juice will flow. Thinking over the hallowed words will often be theprelude to their fulfillment. While you are musing upon them, the boonwhich you are seeking will insensibly come to you. Many a Christian whohas thirsted for the promise has found the favour which it ensured gentlydistilling into his soul even while he has been considering the divine record;and he has rejoiced that ever he was led to lay the promise near his heart.

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meditating upon the promises, seek in thy soul to receive themas being the very words of God. Speak to thy soul thus, “If I were dealingwith a man’s promise, I should carefully consider the ability and thecharacter of the man who had covenanted with me. So with the promise ofGod; my eye must not be so much fixed upon the greatness of the mercy— that may stagger me; as upon the greatness of the promiser — that willcheer me. My soul, it is God, even thy God, God that cannot lie, whospeaks to thee. This word of His which thou art now considering is as trueas His own existence. He is a God unchangeable. He has not altered thething which has gone out of His mouth, nor called back one singleconsolatory sentence. Nor doth He lack any power; it is the God thatmade the heavens and the earth who has spoken thus. Nor can He fail inwisdom as to the time when He will bestow the favours, for He knowethwhen it is best to give and when better to withhold. Therefore, seeing thatit is the word of a God so true, so immutable, so powerful, so wise, I willand must believe the promise.” If we thus meditate upon the promises, andconsider the Promiser, we shall experience their sweetness, and obtain theirfulfillment.

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