Isaiah 27:3 I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. I. THE CONTINUAL KEEPING which the Lord promises to His vineyard. 1. Do I need keeping? 2. Can I not keep myself? 3. Do I enjoy this keeping? II. THE LORD'S CONTINUAL WATERING. 1. Do I need watering within as well as keeping without? Yes, for there is not a single grace I have that can live an hour without being divinely watered. Besides, the soil in which I am planted is very dry. Then, the atmosphere that is round about us does not naturally yield us any water. The means of grace, which are like clouds hovering over our heads, are often nothing but clouds. The beauty of the text seems to me to lie in the last two words: "I will water it every moment." 2. Have we all realised, as a matter of experience, that the Lord does water us every moment? ( C. H. Spurgeon.) Parallel Verses KJV: I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. |
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