Category: Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman Devotional

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman April 11th What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the light” (Matt. 10:27). Our Lord is constantly taking us into the dark, that He may tell us things. Into the dark of the shadowed home, where bereavement has drawn the blinds; into the dark of the…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman April 10 “Show me wherefore thou contendest with me” (Job 10:2). Perhaps, O tried soul, the Lord is doing this to develop thy graces. There are some of thy graces which would never have been discovered if it were not for the trials. Dost thou not know that thy faith never…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman April 9th All these things are against me  (Gen. 42:36). All things work together for good to them that love God (Rom. 8:28). Many people are wanting power. Now how is power produced? The other day we passed the great works where the trolley engines are supplied with electricity.…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman April 8th Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong  (2 Cor. 12:10). The literal translation of this verse gives a startling emphasis to it, and makes it speak for itself…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman April 7th Their strength is to sit still. (Isa. 30:7). In order really to know God, inward stillness is absolutely necessary. I remember when I first learned this. A time of great emergency had risen in my life, when every part of my being seemed to throb with anxiety, and…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman April 6th I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me (Hab. 2: 1). There is no waiting on God for help, and there is no help from God, without watchful expectation on our part.…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman April 5th Thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons” (2 Kings 4:4). They were to be alone with God, for they were not dealing with the laws of nature, nor human government, nor the church, nor the priesthood, nor even with the great prophet of…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman April 4th Then Elisha prayed, “O Lord, open his eyes so he can see.” The Lord opened the servant’s eyes and he saw that the hill was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. (2 Kgs 6:17) This is the prayer we need to pray for ourselves…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman April 3rd Glorify ye the Lord in the fires” (Isa. 24:15). Mark the little word “in”! We are to honor Him in the trial–in that which is an affliction indeed and though there have been cases where God did not let His saints feel the fire, yet, ordinarily, fire…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman April 2nd They looked… and behold, the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud” (Exod. 16:10). Get into the habit of looking for the silver lining of the cloud and when you have found it, continue to look at it, rather than at the leaden gray in the…