January 30
Light for the DaysThe Lord will be the hope of his people.—Joel 3:16.
AM I indeed one of the Lord's people? Is my life such as to give evidence to myself and to others, that my faith is a living faith, and my hope that good hope which is an anchor to the soul? In perplexity, or affliction, or trouble, do I find that the Lord is my hope, and that I am sustained and comforted by my trust in him?
He that has taken the Lord for his hope, has within him the germ of undying courage and joy. In darkness he has light; in despondency, support; in conflict, courage; in affliction, comfort; in death, the prospect of eternal life.—T. BROOKS.
As an anchor thrown to the bottom of the sea, holds the ship fast amid storms and tempests, so the Christian's hope penetrates the waves of this troublous world, and holds fast the soul amid the waves of sorrow and sin.—HAVEN.
There are those who sigh that no fond heart is theirs;
None loves them best. O vain and selfish sigh!
Out of his tender love the Father spares
His well-beloved Son for thee to die.
For thee he died; for thee he lives again;
O'er thee he watches in his boundless reign.
—KEBLE.