'Voices From The Past' Vol. 1 — August 17

What are some of the blessings in having God for our heavenly Father? (1.) All of the promises of the Bible belong to us. A wicked man may lay claim only to the curses, but the promises are God's children's bread, and the support of their faith. They are God's sealed deed, and a Christian's cordial. O, the heavenly comforts which are distilled from the promises. Like a garden of fruit trees, a child of God may go to any promise and pluck comfort from it, for his children are heirs of the promises. (2.) We are conquerors. Though we may sometimes be foiled, and lose a single battle, yet, we do not lose the victory. The world holds forth profit and pleasure, and many are overcome by it, but God's children have a world-conquering faith (1 John 5:4). (3.) He will now and then send us tokens of his love. If we meet with coarse treatment from an unkind world, God will send pledges of his love to encourage us. What are these tokens of love? Answers to prayer, enlargement of our hearts in duty, and the firstfruits of his Spirit—these are tokens of his love. (4.) He will indulge and spare us. He does not punish us as he might (Psa. 103:10). We often do that which merits wrath and grieves God's Spirit, yet God passes by much and spares us. He did not spare his natural Son, and yet he spares his adopted sons (Rom. 8:32). (5.) He will honour us on the last day. In this world we are often maligned and misrepresented. If Satan cannot defile God's children, he will disgrace them. God will one day declare their innocence and roll away their reproach, and cause their names to shine forth. Every prayer, every service, every work of love, shall be openly declared before men and angels (Matt. 25:35-36).

Devotional Readings taken from Puritan Devotional Readings 'Voices From The Past Vol.1.'
Thomas Watson, The Lord's Prayer, pp. 21-24
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