A reading of Anglican priest Robert Hawker’s (1753–1827) morning devotional writings from “The Poor Man’s Morning and Evening Portion.”
The music for this reading is “Sandhill Crane” by Chad Crouch and was adapted for length under a Creative Commons License (CC BY-NC 4.0).
“And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them to do them good: but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.” —Jeremiah 32:40.
Precious consideration to a poor exercised soul, that a Covenant God, in Christ, hath not only engaged for himself, but undertaken for his people also. God will not; and his people shall not. My soul! take a short view of the foundation of this precious, precious promise. It is God’s everlasting love, everlasting grace, everlasting covenant. And remember, the Author of it is not changeable as thou art. With Him is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. Moreover, it is purchased by the blood, sealed in the blood, and made eternally firm and sure in the blood and righteousness of Christ; the everlasting efficacy of which is as eternal as the Author of it. Neither is this all. There is a union with the Person of thy Jesus. The head without a body would be incomplete; and, united to his Person, the believer is interested in all his graces, fulness, suitableness, all-sufficiency: so that this preserves grace from perishing, because it is an everlasting spring. And Jesus lives to see it all complete. His intercession answers every want, and supplies every necessity. Neither is this all; for God the Holy Ghost sets to his seal, in the heart, that God is true. His quickening, convincing, converting, manifesting grace, in the soul, in taking of the things of Jesus, and showing to the. heart, becomes an earnest and pledge in assurance ; and all tending to confirm, that God will not, and his redeemed ones shall not turn away, but his covenant remains everlasting.
