THE LORD YOUR GOD.

Our great consolation in the worst times lies in our God. The very name of our covenant God -"The Lord thy God "-is full of good cheer. That word, "The Lord" is really Jehovah, the self- existent One, the unchangeable One, the ever-living God, who cannot change or be moved from His everlasting purpose. Children of God, whatever you have not got, you have a God in whom you may greatly glory. Having God you have more than all things, for all things come from Him, and if all things were to be blotted out, He could restore all things simply by the power of His will. He speaks, and it is done, He commands, and it stands fast. Blessed is the man who has the God of Jacob for his trust, and whose hope Jehovah is. In the Lord Jehovah we have righteousness and strength, let us trust Him forever. Let the times roll on, they cannot affect our God. Let troubles rush upon us like a tempest, but it shall not come nigh unto us now that He is our defence. Jehovah, the God of His church, is also the God of each individual member of it, and each one may therefore rejoice in Him. Jehovah is as much your God, my brother, as if no other person in the universe could use that covenant expression. O believer, The Lord God is altogether and wholly your God! All His wisdom, all His foresight, all His power, all His immutability, all that He is, is yours. As for the church of God, when she is at her lowest estate she is still established and endowed in the best possible sense, established by the divine decree, and endowed by the possession of God all-sufficient. The gates of hell cannot prevail against her. Let us exult in our possession. Poor as we are, we are infinitely rich in having God, weak as we are, there is no limit to our strength, since the almighty Jehovah is ours. "If God be for us, who can be against us?" If God be ours, what more can we need? Lift up thy heart, thou sorrowful one, and be of good cheer. If God be thy God, thou hast all thou canst desire, wrapped up within His glorious name we find all things for time and for eternity, for earth and for heaven. Therefore in the name of Jehovah we will set up our banners, and march onwards to the battle. He is our God by His own purpose, covenant and oath, and this day He is our God by our choice of Him, by our union with Christ Jesus, by our experience of His goodness, and by the spirit of adoption whereby we cry " Abba, Father."