The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-12-22

as good to his own as the king of
Babyloa was to an enemy and God
has promised to do just this.
The Certainty.
The king of Babylon might possibly
forget, but it is impossible for God to
forget. Isaiah, the prophet, declares
that woman may forget her sucking
child, yet the Lord cannot forget his
own. lisa. 40: 15. The love of the
mother for her babe is the strongest
of all love men know of. For her
babe mother will dare all things,
yet it is possible for that babe to be
forgotten. The love of God for his
own transcends all other love and
makes it impossible for God to forget.
We are continually before him. Wheth-
er we wake or sleep, his eye which
never slumbers, is upon us. Whether
we work or play his attention never
lags. Whether we are at home or
abroad his thoughts follow us. God
never forgets. The king of Babylon
might some day find it beyond his
power to do for this man, but Gods
power can never wane. Because he
is God he is omnipotent, and because
he is God he will never change. OBJ
stacles and distractions may rise, in
reference may come, but God will be
supreme above them all, and we will
find that what is impossible with men
is impossible with God. His power
can never fail. Nor will his willing
ness ever cease. He that spared not
his own son for us will surely with
him also give us all things. His love,
his power, his desire, his purpose, his
promise, all speak to us of the great
certainty that every need will be sup
piled so that we may boldly say we
will not fear whatever the future may
hold.
The Method.
Our text says the king gave con-
tinually "every day portion" or a
daily rate for every day. He did not
give him a years provision or
months. He lifted 1t out Of the plane
Of charity and made 1t personal ocs'
cupation. We are so distrustful of
our God that even while enjoying to-
days gift we take the joy and
strength of it away by worrying about
tomorrow. He will be the same God
tomorrow morning as he is today. Do
not let us fear that tomorrow will find
his resources depleted and his stores
running short. He who made the
worlds with word will never be
pressed to supply the need Of worm
upon one of those worlds. Remem-
Der that once widow had barrel in
which was days supply Of meal.
Day by day she scraped that barrel
clean, but morning by morning there
was found to be another days supply.
Always fresh, always ready, the meal
came forth from the hand of God.
oh, the uselessness Of all our worry.
Could we but trust our God what JOY
and satisfaction, what rest for heart
and mind we would find in the present
gift. But until we trust him fully,
there will always be the disquieting
fear concerning the needs Of tomor-
row. He will not change his method,
but he will be true to his word, and
we can be confident that continually,
every day portion" will be supplied
for us.
The Extent.
The text says he gave the portion
continually "all the days of his life,"
we have the promise too "as thy days
so shall thy strength be-" Deut. 33 :25.
There may be days of darkness upon
our journey, when it will seem as
though the light could never pene-
trate. Days when trouble and dis
tress will be upon us, such trouble
ard distress as to blot out all the past
and future, making us feel forsaken
of God and man. Days of such glo-
rious sunshine and shadow as to al
most make us forget our God. But
through all the days, whether of glad
ness or sorrow, "all the days of our
life," our needs will be supplied. We
may be certain of this because of what
God Is and what we are to him. We
need to trust him as resources grow
low and the meal barrel is empty be-
cause he supplies "Every day por.
ton" We may, If we will cease all
our worry, for he will supply every
day portion, "all the days of our
life" All we have, our friends In
cluded, might be gone In the MORN
ing, but we can never open our eyes
to another day and not find our God
with us ready to graciously and boun-
tifully supply our every need.