Jeremiah 31:18. I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; -
It is God who is here speaking. There is never a moan, or a sob, or a cry,or a sigh, but God hears it. The Lord is very quick of hearing for the sorrows of penitent sinners; there is no mistake about this matter, for he says, "I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; " -
Jeremiah 31:18. Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, -
"No good came of it. I smarted, but I was not benefited: ‘Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised,’" -
Jeremiah 31:18. As a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou; art the LORD my God.
There was never a heart that spake thus, unless grace had been secretly at work with it; and depend upon it, if God has brought us to this point, that we are ready to declare him to be our God, and are anxious to be the subjects of his converting grace, it is because God has looked upon us in his wondrous love. If thou desirest to be turned towards God, thou art already in a measure turned towards him. The desire to feel is a kind of feeling, the longing to believe has some measure of faith in it. Be comforted by this thought, yet be not content to rest where thou art, but go on till thou hast all the blessing that the Lord is waiting and willing to bestow upon thee. Happy is the man who is saying to God at this moment, "Turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God."
Jeremiah 31:18. I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; -
It is God who is here speaking. There is never a moan, or a sob, or a cry,or a sigh, but God hears it. The Lord is very quick of hearing for the sorrows of penitent sinners; there is no mistake about this matter, for he says, "I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; " -
Jeremiah 31:18. Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, -
"No good came of it. I smarted, but I was not benefited: ‘Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised,’" -
Jeremiah 31:18. As a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou; art the LORD my God.
There was never a heart that spake thus, unless grace had been secretly at work with it; and depend upon it, if God has brought us to this point, that we are ready to declare him to be our God, and are anxious to be the subjects of his converting grace, it is because God has looked upon us in his wondrous love. If thou desirest to be turned towards God, thou art already in a measure turned towards him. The desire to feel is a kind of feeling, the longing to believe has some measure of faith in it. Be comforted by this thought, yet be not content to rest where thou art, but go on till thou hast all the blessing that the Lord is waiting and willing to bestow upon thee. Happy is the man who is saying to God at this moment, "Turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God."