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But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Wherefore be thou easy of access to all and open thine ears unto the poor, that thou mayest find the ear of God open unto thee. For as we are to our fellow-servants, such shall we find our Master to us-ward. And, like as we do hear others, so shall we be heard ourselves: and, as we see, so shall we be seen by the divine all-seeing eye.
Not for that he hated him, considering him in his own harmless, innocent, and blessed person, for he was daily his delight; but by an act of grace to us-ward, were our iniquities laid upon him, and he in our stead was bruised and chastised for them. God loved us, and made him a curse for us.
It was in a measure a new Scripture to him. It appeared partial. When John read, with a kind of triumph, that the Lord "is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance," David made a slight movement of dissent; and John asked: "Is not that a noble love? Thee believes in it, David?" "No." The word was softly but positively uttered.
"Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him: the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of His power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of His mighty power."
And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
He thinks not only of God's wonderful works, His realised purposes of mercy, but of 'His thoughts which are to us-ward, the purposes, still more wonderful, of a yet greater mercy which wait to be realised.
Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered. Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
It is a very defective kind of religion that says: 'Many, O Lord my God! are Thy thoughts which are to us-ward, but has never been down on its knees with the confession 'Mine iniquities have taken hold upon me. But defective as it is, it is all the religion which many people have, and I doubt not, some of my hearers have no more.
He thinks not only of God's lovingkindness to Him, but his contemplations embrace God's goodness to his brethren 'Thy thoughts which are to us-ward. And as he thinks of all this 'multitude of His tender mercies, his lips break into this rapturous exclamation of my text. But there is a wonderful change in tone, in the two halves of the psalm.
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