Isaiah 55:10, 11
"For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither,
but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed
to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth
out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall
accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper
in the thing whereto I sent it."
God has a design in giving His Word to all people. He has as distinct intention in His Word as He has in sending down rain upon the earth. Whatever God's design in giving the Gospel is, it shall be accomplished. It is never spoken in vain, and never fails to produce the effect which He intends. The Gospel is no more preached in vain than the rain falls in vain. And though it often falls on barren rocks, or on dry sands; on extended plains where no vegetation is produced, or in the wilderness "where no man is," and seems to our eyes in vain, it is not.
God has a design in each drop that falls on sands or rocks, as in the plentiful showers that falls on fertile fields, and so the Gospel often falls on the hard and barren hearts of men. It is addressed to the proud, the sensual, the greedy, and the unbelieving, and seems to be spoken in vain, and to return void unto God. But it is not so! He has some design in it, and that will be accomplished. It is proof of the fullness of His mercy. It leaves people without excuse, and justifies himself.
When long presented and apparently long in vain, it ultimately becomes successful, and sinners are at last brought to abandon their sins, and to turn unto God. It is often rejected and despised. It falls on the ears of people as the rain falls on the hard rock, and there are, so to speak, large fields where the Gospel is preached as barren and unfruitful of any spiritual good as the desert is of vegetation, and the Gospel seems to be preached to almost entire communities with as little effect as is produced when the rains fall on the deserts of Arabia, or of Africa.
But there will be better and happier times. Though the gospel may not now produce all the good effects which we may desire, yet it will be ultimately successful to the full wish of the widest benevolence, and the whole world shall be filled with the knowledge and the love of God.
Amen!!
Reading: (Isa. 55:1-13)
Ref: (HGSB)
(MSC)
When long presented and apparently long in vain, it ultimately becomes successful, and sinners are at last brought to abandon their sins, and to turn unto God. It is often rejected and despised. It falls on the ears of people as the rain falls on the hard rock, and there are, so to speak, large fields where the Gospel is preached as barren and unfruitful of any spiritual good as the desert is of vegetation, and the Gospel seems to be preached to almost entire communities with as little effect as is produced when the rains fall on the deserts of Arabia, or of Africa.
But there will be better and happier times. Though the gospel may not now produce all the good effects which we may desire, yet it will be ultimately successful to the full wish of the widest benevolence, and the whole world shall be filled with the knowledge and the love of God.
Amen!!
Reading: (Isa. 55:1-13)
Ref: (HGSB)
(MSC)
May God Bless You
And Your Family
Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.
The Cross Life Ministry
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