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Blessings Diffusive as Sunlight, August 27
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for
he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth
rain on the just and on the unjust.
Matthew 5:45
.
I see a providence in all of God’s works.... The clouds and rain, as well
as the bright sunshine, have their mission in blessings to man. The God
of nature knows just what we need and He moves forward in a straight
line, sending blessings upon the just and upon the unjust. I am so grateful
that finite minds cannot have the ordering of things. What cross-purposes
would be revealed!
There is a narrowness in human comprehension that is dishonoring to
God. Let not him who claims Christ as his Saviour entertain the thought
that God’s mercies are confined to him and to the few in whom he is
interested. The love and mercy of God are for everyone. Let us gather up
the divine tokens of His favor, and return praise and thanksgiving to Him
for His goodness, which is bestowed upon us, not to be hoarded, but to
be passed along to others.... God expects everyone who enjoys His grace
to diffuse this grace as freely as Christ bestows His mercies. As the sun
shines upon the just and the unjust, so the Sun of Righteousness reflects
light to the whole world.
God’s blessings, sunshine and showers, heat and cold, and every natu-
ral blessing, are given to the world. Exclusiveness is not to be maintained
by any people. “I am the light of the world.” (
John 8:12
), Christ said.
Light is a blessing, a universal blessing, which pours forth its treasures
on a world unthankful, unholy, demoralized. The Lord Jesus came to
demolish every wall of exclusion, to throw open every wall in the temple
where God presides, that every ear may hear, that every eye may see, that
every thirsty soul may drink of the water of life freely.
God scatters blessings all along our path.... We may weep and groan
and mourn and stumble at every step if we choose, or we may gather up
the precious, fragrant flowers and rejoice in the Lord for His goodness in
making our path to heaven so pleasant.
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