Tag: Streams in the Desert

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman December 9th For this our light and transitory burden of suffering is achieving for us a weight of glory (2 Cor. 4:17). (Weymouth) The question is repeatedly asked–Why is the life of man drenched with so much blood, and blistered with so many tears? The answer is to…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman December 8th Put on as the elect of God, kindness (Colossians 3:12). There is a story of an old man who carried a little can of oil with him everywhere he went, and if he passed through a door that squeaked, he poured a little oil on the hinges.…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman December 7th Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts. And this is but a light thing in the sight of the Lord: he will deliver…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman December 6th Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown (Revelations 3:11). George Mueller bears this testimony, “When it pleased God in July, 1829, to reveal to my heart the truth of the personal return of the Lord Jesus, and to show…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman December 5th O Lord , I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps (Jeremiah 10:23). Lead me in a plain path (Psalms 27:11). Many people want to direct God, instead of resigning themselves to be directed…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman December 4th He went up into a mountain apart (Matthew 14:23). One of the blessings of the old-time Sabbath was its calm, its restfulness, its holy peace. There is a strange strength conceived in solitude. Crows go in flocks and wolves in packs, but the lion and the eagle are solitaires.…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman December 3rd Is it well with thy husband? Is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well (2 Kings 4:26). Be strong, my soul!Thy loved ones goWithin the veil.God’s thine, e’en so;Be strong.Be strong, my soul!Death looms in view.Lo, here thy God!He’ll bear thee through;Be…

Streams in the Desert By Mrs Cowman December 2nd Perfect through suffering (Hebrews 2:10). Steel is iron plus fire. Soil is rock, plus heat, or glacier crushing. Linen is flax plus the bath that cleans, the comb that separates, and the flail that pounds, and the shuttle that weaves. Human character must have a plus attached…

Streams in the Desert By Mrs Cowman December 1st There remaineth, therefore, a rest to the people of God (Hebrews 4:9). The rest includes victory, “And the Lord gave them rest round about;… the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hand” (Joshua 21:44). “Thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ”…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman November 30th And seekest thou great things for thyself? Seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest (Jeremiah 45:5. A promise given for hard places,…