Psalm 147:14-15 He makes peace in your borders, and fills you with the finest of the wheat.… : — I. THE PEACE OF NATIONS. 1. A blessing. 2. A promised blessing. 3. A blessing for the improvement of which nations are accountable. 4. A blessing in which the Church hath interest (Jeremiah 29:7; James 4:1). II. THE EFFICIENCY OF THE LORD OUR GOD IN THE PEACE OF NATIONS. 1. The peace of nations is within His all-comprehending purpose. The time in which the peace is concluded, the articles, the nations comprehended in it, and, in a word, every circumstance is according to the pleasure and purpose of the will of God, who hath foreordained whatsoever cometh to pass. 2. The Lord disposes the events of war in such a manner as to open the way to a peace. Victories and conquests on the one side, and losses and defeats on the other, are balanced by His wisdom and justice, and overruled for hastening and facilitating accommodations between the belligerent and contending powers. 3. Inclinations to peace, formed by His invisible and unperceived efficiency in the minds of princes and cabinet ministers, are called into exercise and motion by the operations of His providence. 4. Negotiations for peace are begun, and carried on, and con-eluded under His eye. 5. The conditions of peace are settled by His efficiency. 6. The success of negotiations for peace is of the Lord. III. PRAISE THE LORD'S EFFICIENCY IN THE PEACE OF NATIONS. 1. Believe His efficiency. 2. Confess it. 3. Rejoice in it. (A. Shanks.) Parallel Verses KJV: He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.WEB: He makes peace in your borders. He fills you with the finest of the wheat. |
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