Psalms 19:4-6. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a Strongman to run a race. His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof:
The sun has his place, and keeps it, so let us keep ours. The sun is glorious in his goings forth,-"as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,"-glad himself, and making all things glad in his gladness; the whole world rejoices at the sight of the face of the sun. The sun is strong to go through his appointed orbit, and fulfill his ordained course. So may it be with us; may we not only have the gladness of our conversion, when we are "as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber," but may we have strength and grace to run the race set before us from the start to the finish The sun makes his influence felt wherever he goes: "there is nothing hid from the heat thereof." So also may it be with us; may our influence be felt wherever we go! The sun is a type of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Sun of righteousness; but he is also a type of what every Christian should be, for "the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day; " and there should be nothing hid from the fervent heat of our Christian character. We ought so to serve God that our influence should be felt everywhere. May God give us more of his light and his heat that we may shine and burn to his glory!
Psalms 19:4-6. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a Strongman to run a race. His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof:
The sun has his place, and keeps it, so let us keep ours. The sun is glorious in his goings forth,-"as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,"-glad himself, and making all things glad in his gladness; the whole world rejoices at the sight of the face of the sun. The sun is strong to go through his appointed orbit, and fulfill his ordained course. So may it be with us; may we not only have the gladness of our conversion, when we are "as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber," but may we have strength and grace to run the race set before us from the start to the finish The sun makes his influence felt wherever he goes: "there is nothing hid from the heat thereof." So also may it be with us; may our influence be felt wherever we go! The sun is a type of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Sun of righteousness; but he is also a type of what every Christian should be, for "the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day; " and there should be nothing hid from the fervent heat of our Christian character. We ought so to serve God that our influence should be felt everywhere. May God give us more of his light and his heat that we may shine and burn to his glory!