Bedside Watchman The Lesson On Chastisement

Last Updated on : October 11, 2014

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April 24th - Deut. 8

The Lesson On Chastisement

"The Lord thy God hath led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldst keep his commandments or not."

This is the lesson of chastisement. Not forsaking but purifying, not casting down but building up. Had Israel but seen these things and turned to God instead of to mourning, murmuring and despair, then would she have blossomd in the wilderness, the Lord would have opened the windows of heaven for her and brought her early to the land. The Lord had withheld food and drink but not to starve and shrivel His people. He asked simply that they would know that "man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord." Have we learned the lesson? In this affluent age have we been tempted to rely on the abundance of sustenance to be had by daily work, rather than the increase of faith which comes by daily prayer?

Harry Tennant, Moses My Servant, page 173