Tag: devotional

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman July 7th He hath made me a polished shaft (Isa. 49:2). There is a very famous “Pebble Beach” at Pescadero, on the California coast. The long line of white surf comes up with its everlasting roar, and rattles and thunders among the stones on the shore. They are caught…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman July 6th Neither know we what to do; but our eyes are, upon thee (2 Chron. 20:12). A life was lost in Israel because a pair of human hands were laid unbidden upon the ark of God. They were placed upon it with the best intent, to steady it…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman July 5th I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness…And I will give her her vineyards from thence (Hosea 2:14-15). A strange place to find vineyards–in the wilderness! And can it be that the riches which a soul needs can be obtained in the wilderness, which stands…

Streams in the Desert By Mrs Cowman Julio 4th For the Vision is yet for an appointed time…though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry (Hab. 2:3). In the charming little booklet, Expectation Corner, Adam Slowman was led into the Lord’s treasure houses, and among many other wonders there revealed…

Streams in the Desert By Mrs Cowman July 3rd Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? (Isa. 28:24). One day in early summer I walked past a beautiful meadow. The grass was as soft and thick and fine as an immense green Oriental rug. In one corner stood a fine old tree, a sanctuary for…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman July 2nd When thou goest, thy way shall be opened up before thee step by step (Proverbs 4:12, free translation). The Lord never builds a bridge of faith except under the feet of the faith-filled traveler. If He builds the bridge a rod ahead, it would not be a bridge of…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman July 1st And blessed is she who believed that what was spoken to her by the Lord would be fulfilled. (Luke 1:45) My words shall be fulfilled in their season (their fixed appointed time) (Greek, Luke 1:20). There shall be a performance of those thingsThat loving heart hath waited long…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman June 30th “There was silence, and I heard a still voice” (Job 4:16, margin). A score of years ago, a friend placed in my hand a book called True Peace. It was an old mediaeval message, and it had but one thought–that God was waiting in the depths of my…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman June 29th “There we saw the Giants” (Num. 13:33). Yes, they saw the giants, but Caleb and Joshua saw God! Those who doubt say, “We be not able to go up.” Those who believe say, “Let us go up at once and possess it, for we are well able.”…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman June 28th A door opened in heaven (Rev. 4:1). You must remember that John was in the Isle of Patmos, a lone, rocky, inhospitable prison, for the Word of God and the testimony of Jesus. And yet to him, under such circumstances, separated from all the loved ones of…