Psalms 116:11-12. I said in my haste, All men are liars. What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?
I expect that we have all of us said, in our haste, some things that we had better not have said. They may have been true; yet, for all that, it was a pity that we uttered them. Yet I am glad that the psalmist, although he said, "All men are liars," did not dwell upon that unpleasant truth, but speedily turned from unreliable man to his ever-reliable God. "What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me ?" If all men are liars, if all earthly comforts fail us, if all human dependences disappoint us, our God will not do so. Let us leave the broken cisterns without even grumbling at them, or having bitter feelings concerning them; and let us turn to God, and let this be the question put by each one of us, "What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me?" I suggest, dear friends, that we do each of us personally put this question to ourselves, "What shall I render unto the Lord? What can I do for Jesus? What can I give to God? What is there, at this particular time, that I can devise for the glory of God in order to manifest my love to him ?" Peradventure, in this house tonight, there may be the conception -perhaps, the birth - of some high and noble enterprise for God. If this question shall be pressed home upon some ardent spirit here, there may be the first thoughts, in this house of prayer, of some far-reaching ministry which shall be a means of blessing to many lands through all the ages that are yet to come. God grant that it may be so! What shall I, a young man just beginning life, render unto the Lord? What shall I, a man in the full strength of his manhood, render unto the Lord? What shall I - a man far advanced in years, mature and ripe for heaven, and soon to be taken there, - render unto the Lord? Whoever I am, let me make haste to answer the question, "What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me?"
Psalms 116:11-12. I said in my haste, All men are liars. What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?
I expect that we have all of us said, in our haste, some things that we had better not have said. They may have been true; yet, for all that, it was a pity that we uttered them. Yet I am glad that the psalmist, although he said, "All men are liars," did not dwell upon that unpleasant truth, but speedily turned from unreliable man to his ever-reliable God. "What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me ?" If all men are liars, if all earthly comforts fail us, if all human dependences disappoint us, our God will not do so. Let us leave the broken cisterns without even grumbling at them, or having bitter feelings concerning them; and let us turn to God, and let this be the question put by each one of us, "What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me?" I suggest, dear friends, that we do each of us personally put this question to ourselves, "What shall I render unto the Lord? What can I do for Jesus? What can I give to God? What is there, at this particular time, that I can devise for the glory of God in order to manifest my love to him ?" Peradventure, in this house tonight, there may be the conception -perhaps, the birth - of some high and noble enterprise for God. If this question shall be pressed home upon some ardent spirit here, there may be the first thoughts, in this house of prayer, of some far-reaching ministry which shall be a means of blessing to many lands through all the ages that are yet to come. God grant that it may be so! What shall I, a young man just beginning life, render unto the Lord? What shall I, a man in the full strength of his manhood, render unto the Lord? What shall I - a man far advanced in years, mature and ripe for heaven, and soon to be taken there, - render unto the Lord? Whoever I am, let me make haste to answer the question, "What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me?"