The Lord has stored up His goodness “for them that trust in [Him] before the sons of men.” “Thou shalt hide them in the secret of Thy presence from the pride of man: Thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.” Graciously “He performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with Him,” and “since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside Thee, what He hath prepared for him that waiteth for Him.” “Thou, O God, hast prepared of Thy goodness for the poor.” “Many, O Lord my God, are Thy wonderful works which Thou hast done, and Thy thoughts which are to usward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto Thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.” And all this is for “them that trust in Thee before the sons of men,” those who are willing, if need be, to “be reproached for the name of Christ,” those who are willing “to go forth therefore unto Him without the camp, bearing His reproach.” So “blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation.”
Great is the goodness of the Lord,
To those who fear His great name;
Good things He has prepared for them,
He who is ever the same.
Psa. 31:20; Job 23:14; Isa. 64:4; Psa. 68:10; 40:5; 1 Peter 4:14; Heb. 13:13; Psa. 68:19.