Psalm 31:19 Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for them that fear you… How much there is in God to excite our admiration. His power, but yet more His goodness. Let us, then, contemplate it. In the past, the present, the future. And think to how many God is good. And how long He has been so. Goodness is one of His essential, eternal attributes. And how uninterrupted. He never tires. And its abundance. He filleth His creatures with good. Its condescension. "What is man," etc. Its facility — He but opens His hand and the desire of every living thing is satisfied. To whom He shows this goodness — to those who were "dead in sin." And this notwithstanding their habitual ingratitude. "The ox knoweth his owner," etc. And then think of His reserved goodness — "laid up for them that fear Thee." What is earth to heaven, grace to glory! But though offered to all, it will be enjoyed only by those who fear and trust Him, and who do this openly "before the sons of men." Then how sinful is all sin, considering the goodness of Him against whom we sin. How evil our hearts must be that we do not repent. How reasonable that His laws should be obeyed. What an appeal the Bible makes to our hopes! Let US not only admire but imitate the goodness of God. (W. Nevins, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men! |
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