What a pillow on which to rest
my aching head! By John Macduff. Hallelujah! The Lord God Omnipotent Reigns! Revelation 19.6 Believer, what can better support
and sustain you amidst the trials of your pilgrimage than the thought
that you have an omnipotent arm to lean upon? The God with whom
you have to do is boundless in His resources. There is no crossing
His designs, no thwarting His purposes, no questioning His
counsels. His mandate is law. He speaks,
and it is done. Your need is great. From the
humblest crumb of providential goodness up to the richest blessing
of divine grace, you are hanging from moment to moment as a poor
pensioner on Jehovah's bounty. But fear not. I am the Almighty
God. Finite necessities can never
exhaust my infinite fullness. My God will supply all your needs
according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus. Philippians
4.19 To you, O blessed Jesus, all power has been committed
in heaven and in earth. All power! He has in His hands
the reins of universal empire. Whatever is the blessing which
the poorest, weakest, loneliest, most afflicted of His saints
require, if it is really for their good, the wonderful Counselor
secures it. He combines in His adorable person
all that a sinner requires, a heart tender enough to love and a hand
strong enough to save. He is the mighty God. How He
delights in the exercise of His omnipotence in behalf of His
own people, in ruling over their interests and overruling their
trials for their eternal good. My enemies are many, their name
is Legion, Satan the great adversary, heart-traitors, bosom-sins, the
world and the world's Trinity, the lusts of the flesh and the
lusts of the eye and the pride of life, but He who is for me
is greater far than all that can be against me. Believer,
are you in trial, beaten down with a great fight of afflictions,
like the disciples out in the midnight of storm, buffeting
a sea of trouble? Fear not. When the tempest has
done its work, when the trial has fulfilled its mission, the
voice which hushed the waters of old has only to give forth
the omnipotent mandate, Peace, be still. and immediately there
will be a great calm. The all-power of Jesus, what
a pillow on which to rest my aching head, disarming all my
fears, and inducing thoughts of sweetest comfort, consolation,
and joy.