God's Bag and Bottle
God's bag and bottle serve as reminders of His omniscience and His desire for us to acknowledge and repent of our sins.
Thomas Brooks emphasizes the profound care God has for our sorrows and sins, illustrating that God keeps a record of our iniquities in a bag and collects our tears in a bottle. He reflects on how God meticulously notes every sorrow and sigh, particularly highlighting David's struggles while fleeing from Saul. Brooks encourages believers to fill God's bottle with tears of repentance, recognizing that every tear is precious and accounted for. The sermon serves as a reminder of God's intimate involvement in our lives and His compassion towards our pain.
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"My transgression is sealed up in a bag,
and You sew up my iniquity." Job 14:17
"You keep track of all my sorrows. You have
collected all my tears in your bottle. You have
recorded each one in Your book." Psalm 56:8
God counted all those weary steps that David took
in passing through those great forests, when he fled
from Saul. While David was hunted up and down like
a partridge, and chased out of every bush, and was
driven from one country to another--God was all
this while, a-noting down and a-numbering of all
his sorrows, and a-bottling up all his tears, and
a-booking down all his sighs!
Not a single tear of mine is ever lost, but kept safe
in God's bottle--as so much sweet water.
God is said in Scripture to have a bag and a bottle:
a bag for our sins, and a bottle for our tears. And oh
that we would all labor to fill His bottle with our tears
of repentance, as we have filled His bag with our sins!
Sermon Outline
- God's Bag and Bottle
- God's Bag for Our Sins
- God's Bottle for Our Tears
- Filling God's Bottle with Repentance
Key Quotes
“Not a single tear of mine is ever lost, but kept safe in God's bottle--as so much sweet water.” — Thomas Brooks
“God counted all those weary steps that David took in passing through those great forests, when he fled from Saul.” — Thomas Brooks
“You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in Your book.” — Thomas Brooks
Application Points
- We should labor to fill God's bottle with our tears of repentance to acknowledge our sins and seek forgiveness.
- God's bag and bottle remind us of His omniscience and His desire for us to live a life of repentance and obedience.
- We can trust that God keeps track of our sorrows and tears, and that He desires to forgive and restore us.