No Stranger in Heaven
Thou shalt guide me with Thy Counsel,
and afterward receive me to glory.
Psalm 73:24
From day to day and from year to year my faith believes in the wisdom and love of God, and I know that I shall not believe in vain. No good word of His has ever failed, and I am sure that none shall ever fall to the ground. I put myself into His hand for guidance. I know not the way that I should choose: the LORD shall choose mine inheritance for me. I need counsel and advice; for my duties are intricate, and my condition is involved...The counsel of the infallible God I seek in preference to my own judgment or the advice of friends...Soon the end will come: a few more years and I must depart out of this world unto the Father. My LORD will be near my bed. He will meet me at heaven's gate: He will welcome me to the gloryland. I shall not be a stranger in heaven: my own God and Father will receive me to its endless bliss.
Glory be to Him who
Will guide me here,
And receive me hereafter.
Amen.
From "Faith's Checkbook" - A Treasury of Daily Devotionals by C.H. Spurgeon
I am printing this because it is my confession of faith this final day of 2009, the last day of the first decade of the 21st Century. I do not know where the past ten years have flown to, although so much has happened in them. I do wonder, though, have I done all I could do for the Kingdom? Or have I squandered muEncch of the time that was given me? I pray that I will be more faithful to my LORD in the coming year(s), recognizing His faithfulness to me, His unfailing goodness and mercy to me, and His unbounding love for me.
