Daily Devotionals

Devotional: December 22nd

"Let all flesh bless his holy name forever." - Psalms 145:21.

There is such a revelation of the holiness of God in all places of his dominion, that it is the manifest duty of all men to look to him alone and to give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. For he is righteous in all his ways and holy in all his works, and not merely in the work of man’s redemption. There is no idolater who is not compassed about by the tokens of the unity and holiness of God. God does not lay aside any of his perfections when he works his wondrous will in heathen lands. He is what he is, in every act that he does. And every one is responsible for failing to discern his true nature.

But it was especially perhaps in view of the Gospel of God’s infinite grace, to be proclaimed by every creature, that the Psalmist calls upon the whole human family to bless the holy name of God. Let all flesh bless the holy name of him who so loved the world as to give his only begotten Son, that who soever believeth might live. But even this sufficeth not. Men hear of this love unmoved. The Gospel is proclaimed, yet the empire of the God of this world continues. There is more in God’s scheme of mercy to mankind. The Spirit shall be poured upon all flesh; then shall all bless his holy name for ever.

" Hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;" these are the petitions that break instinctively from the lips of the believer. We see that the men of God, the prophets that lived so long before the days of Christ, had already a missionary spirit, and offered up prayers in behalf of missions while yet the middle wall of partition stood strong and consolidated.

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