Greetings sis Reis, et al;
Many of the saints can with Mr. Hawker identify a day when the
glory of GOD was visited upon them for the very first time and they
passed from death unto life in an instant. Yet I believe that many,
especially those that were raised in homes where the gospel was
important and they grew up hearing the Word of GOD preached on a regular
basis, it is more difficult for them to pinpoint such a momentous
event. The dawning of HIS LIGHT is always sudden in the sense that no
man is born into this world as a believer, but sometimes that dawning is
not realized all at once in the mind of the one so enlightened, so as
they may not remember the day and hour when they first saw the light.
Yet all can indeed rejoice in the LIGHT which has dawned upon them and
they know they have passed from death unto life with no desire to
return. THeir testimony is much like the blind man who said, "once I
was blind but now I can see." From this day (the day of SALVATION
which is today) will I bless THEE. HE is the GOD of SALVATION and
knoweth them that are HIS.
Blessings, mike
On 3/7/2021 3:06 PM, Soraya Reis wrote:
*"From this day will I bless thee." Haggai 2:19*
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*My soul, what day is the memorable day to thee from whence commenced thy blessings? No doubt from everlasting the Lord hath blessed his people in Jesus. But the commencement of thy personal enjoyment of those blessings, was at the time the Lord graciously laid the foundation of his spiritual temple in thee; the blessed, the gracious, the auspicious, the happy day, when the Lord made thee willing in the day of his power? Oh! blessed day, never, never to be forgotten! A day of light; when the light of Jesus first broke in upon me. A day of life; when the Lord Jesus quickened my poor soul, which before was laying dead in trespasses and sins. A day of love; when his love first was made known to my soul, who so loved me as to give his dear and ever-blessed Son for me: and his love was sweetly manifested, who so loved me as to give himself for me. *
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*A day of the beginning of victory, over death and hell, and the grave. A day of liberty; when the Lord Jesus opened my prison doors and brought me out. A day of wonder, love and praise; when my eyes first saw the King in his beauty, and my whole soul was overpowered in the contemplation of the grace, the glory, the beauty, the loveliness, the suitableness, the all- sufficiency of his glorious Person and glorious work. A day, Oh what dear name shall I term it to be? A day of grace, a jubilee, a salvation day! the day of my espousals to Jesus, and of the gladness of my Redeemer's heart! And, my soul, did thy God, did thy Jesus say, that from that day he would bless thee? And hath he not done it? Oh, yes, yes; beyond all conception of blessing. He hath blessed thee in thy basket and thy store. All the blessings, even in temporal mercies, which were all forfeited in Adam, are now sweetly restored, and blessed, and sanctified, in Jesus: nay, even thy very crosses have the-curse taken out of them by thy Jesus; and thy very tears have the spiced wine of the pomegranate. *
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*And as to spiritual blessings, God thy Father hath blessed thee with all in his dear Son. Thy Father hath made over himself, in Jesus, with all his love and favour. And Jesus is thine, with all his fulness, sweetness, all-sufficiency. And God the Spirit, with all his gracious influences and comforts. And the present enjoyment of these unspeakable mercies becomes the sure earnest of blessings which are eternal. Jesus himself hath declared, that it is the Father's own gracious will that he should give eternal life to as many as the Father hath given him; and therefore eternal life must be the sure portion of all his redeemed. *
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*"He that believeth in the Son hath indeed everlasting life; and Jesus will raise him up at the last day." Pause, my soul, and view the vast heritage to which thou art begotten from the day of thy new birth in Jesus, Oh! most gracious Father, let me never lose sight of those sweet words, nor the feeling sense of my interest in them, in which thou hast said, "From this day will I bless thee." *
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*Robert Hawker (1753-1827) *
