The Way of Blessing

From this day will I bless you—Haggai 2:19.

We are not ignorant, says the Apostle Paul, of the devices of Satan; and it is well for those who can say as confidently as the Apostle that they are not ignorant of the many tricks and schemes by which Satan is trying to prevent God’s people from being blessed, and the world from being saved. It has been well said that where Satan cannot destroy, he seeks to dishearten; where Satan cannot condemn, he seeks to separate. That may be why the Holy Ghost inspired Paul in Romans 8 to tell us that while we begin with no condemnation we complete our blessedness with no separation.

You may have experienced heartrending distress at the thought that you might have lived so much brighter and better and more beautiful lives, and that you might have glorified God so much more, if from the very beginning of your spiritual life you had faithfully utilized the goodness of God to His glory. It is quite