R. M. McCeyne’s DAILY BREAD portions:
MORNING:
2 Chronicles 8 (family); Habakkuk 3 (secret)
EVENING:
3 John 1 (family); Luke 22 (secret)
C. H. Spurgeon’s A PURITAN CATECHISM:
Q22. What offices does Christ execute as our Redeemer?
A22. Christ, as our Redeemer, executes the offices of a prophet, of a priest, and of a king, both in His state of humiliation and exaltation. Acts 3:22; Hebrews 5:6; Psalm 2:6
Q23. How does Christ execute the office of a prophet?
A23. Christ executes the office of a prophet, in revealing to us, by His Word, and Spirit, the will of God for our salvation. John 1:18; John 20:31; John 14:26
Q24. How does Christ execute the office of a priest?
A24. Christ executes the office of a priest, in His once offering up Himself a sacrifice to satisfy divine justice, and to reconcile us to God, and in making continual intercession for us. Hebrews 9:28; Hebrews 2:17; Hebrews 7:25
CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST DEVOTION:
“Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28).
Resting in Christ is refreshment within the soul. Resting is an assurance of His prophetic plan; it is an assurance of His sovereign work; it is an assurance of His blessed promises. It is a rest that Jesus promises, as Matthew Henry writes, “from the drudgery of sin, not from the service of God, but an obligation to the duty we owe to Him.”
When we “take” His yoke upon us, He frees us from burdens of works in salvation, works in acceptance, and works for appeasement laid on men by foul religion (Luke 11:46).
The yoke of Matthew 11:29-30 suggests labor, discipline and hard work to plow the ground; yet, though we are commanded to “take” His yoke, to lift up and make way with it, the Master must place His yoke upon our necks just as the plowman must place a yoke upon the neck of the ox. Just as the yoked ox is guided by the plowman, the yoked believer must be guided by Christ. And though the ox is yoked, the earth is not turned nor are furrows made without the plowman; likewise, though the believer is yoked and ready to pull, there is no work produced without the Master’s reign and guidance.
The work produced in our lives and through our lives are by the Master’s hand; for without Him we can do nothing. If work is accomplished as we are in Christ, we rest in the joy and assurance, as the work is evidence that we are His, that we have His yoke. We rest in joy and assurance because the work is His and fruit is produced by His power, rejoicing that we may be a part of His work, laboring in His field. We rest in joy and assurance because His yoke is easy and His burden is light.
MORNING:
2 Chronicles 8 (family); Habakkuk 3 (secret)
EVENING:
3 John 1 (family); Luke 22 (secret)
C. H. Spurgeon’s A PURITAN CATECHISM:
Q22. What offices does Christ execute as our Redeemer?
A22. Christ, as our Redeemer, executes the offices of a prophet, of a priest, and of a king, both in His state of humiliation and exaltation. Acts 3:22; Hebrews 5:6; Psalm 2:6
Q23. How does Christ execute the office of a prophet?
A23. Christ executes the office of a prophet, in revealing to us, by His Word, and Spirit, the will of God for our salvation. John 1:18; John 20:31; John 14:26
Q24. How does Christ execute the office of a priest?
A24. Christ executes the office of a priest, in His once offering up Himself a sacrifice to satisfy divine justice, and to reconcile us to God, and in making continual intercession for us. Hebrews 9:28; Hebrews 2:17; Hebrews 7:25
CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST DEVOTION:
“Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28).
Resting in Christ is refreshment within the soul. Resting is an assurance of His prophetic plan; it is an assurance of His sovereign work; it is an assurance of His blessed promises. It is a rest that Jesus promises, as Matthew Henry writes, “from the drudgery of sin, not from the service of God, but an obligation to the duty we owe to Him.”
When we “take” His yoke upon us, He frees us from burdens of works in salvation, works in acceptance, and works for appeasement laid on men by foul religion (Luke 11:46).
The yoke of Matthew 11:29-30 suggests labor, discipline and hard work to plow the ground; yet, though we are commanded to “take” His yoke, to lift up and make way with it, the Master must place His yoke upon our necks just as the plowman must place a yoke upon the neck of the ox. Just as the yoked ox is guided by the plowman, the yoked believer must be guided by Christ. And though the ox is yoked, the earth is not turned nor are furrows made without the plowman; likewise, though the believer is yoked and ready to pull, there is no work produced without the Master’s reign and guidance.
The work produced in our lives and through our lives are by the Master’s hand; for without Him we can do nothing. If work is accomplished as we are in Christ, we rest in the joy and assurance, as the work is evidence that we are His, that we have His yoke. We rest in joy and assurance because the work is His and fruit is produced by His power, rejoicing that we may be a part of His work, laboring in His field. We rest in joy and assurance because His yoke is easy and His burden is light.
The Lord’s my shepherd, I’ll not want.
He makes me down to lie
In pastures green: He leadeth me
the quiet waters by.
My soul He doth restore again;
and me to walk doth make
Within the paths of righteousness,
ev’n for His own name’s sake.
Yea, though I walk in death’s dark vale,
yet will I fear none ill:
For Thou art with me; and Thy rod
and staff me comfort still.
My table Thou hast furnished
in presence of my foes;
My head Thou dost with oil anoint,
and my cup overflows.
Goodness and mercy all my life
shall surely follow me:
And in God’s house for evermore
my dwelling-place shall be.
Psalm 23 A Psalm of David
Scottish Psalter
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