“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.”

Revelation 2:7

The Christian is humble . . .   because he has given up seeking good in himself to adore the One in whom there is nothing else.

John Darby

Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son.  And Abraham called the name of the place, The-LORD-Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, “In the Mount of the LORD it shall be provided.”

Genesis 22:13-14

When Abraham was about to sacrifice his son and saw no way of escape, the Lord provided a lamb for the sacrifice and delivered Isaac. Abraham made the grand discovery that it was one of the characteristics of Jehovah to see and provide for the needs of His people. Therefore, he called Him Jehovah-Jireh: the Lord will see, or the Lord will provide.

A great many Christians today have never made Abraham’s discovery. They do not know that the Lord is Jehovah-Jireh. They are trusting Him to save their souls in the future, but they never dream He wants to carry their cares for them now.

They are like a man with a heavy load on his back who was given a lift by a friend. He thankfully climbed into the vehicle, but still kept his burden on his back, bowed down under the weight of it.

“Why do you not put your burden down on the bottom of the carriage?” asked his friend.

“Oh,” replied the man, “It’s a great deal to ask you to carry me, and I could not ask you to carry my burden also.”

You wonder how anyone could be so silly, and yet are you not doing the same? Are you trusting the Lord to take care of you, but still carrying your burdens on your own shoulders?

Hannah Whitall Smith

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.

Revelation 2:7

O friends! Feed on the tree of life; feed on the measure of life, and the pure power which God has revealed and manifested in you. Do you know where your real food comes from? Do you remember the taste? Then keep to it, and do not meddle with the kind of food that seems desirable to the other eye, the one that promises to make you wise.

O abide in the simplicity that is in Christ Jesus, in the naked truth that you have felt there! It is there that you will be able to know and distinguish your food, which has several names in Scripture but is all one and the same thing: the bread, the milk, the water, the wine, the flesh and blood of him who came down from heaven.

It is all the same food, only it is given to us in different measures – sometimes weaker, sometimes stronger – according to the capacity we have for receiving it.

Isaac Pennington

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 15:57

The Christian victory is not over others, but over himself. His sword is drawn, not to slay his fellowman, but to slay himself. He wins by losing. He triumphs by being defeated. He lives by dying. His crown is a crown of thorns. His throne is a Cross. His weapon is not strength but weakness.

E.J. Huegel

We give thanks to You, O God, we give thanks! For Your wondrous works declare that Your name is near.

Psalm 75:1

No sin the believer brings to God, when it comes to being weighed, is not greatly outweighed by the blood of Christ.

George V. Wigram