[Songs in the Night - February 4]
Come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel. Numbers 10:29
WHOEVER comes with us receives a blessing, and
in urging any to come with us we receive a blessing
because our own faith is encouraged, stimulated, and
our own obedience also to the Lord; for shall we say
to others, The Lord will do thee good, and not experience
good ourselves and not realize the blessings
we are receiving day by day from the Lord's
hand?
And if they do come with us, how the
fact that we have suggested the matter and promised
them a blessing would help to keep us from murmuring
and complaining, and from manifesting anything
else than the good we are continually receiving
from the Lord.
We do well, then, as spiritual Israelites,
to follow Moses' example in our appeals to
those who are under our influence—we do well to
quote to them the promises of the Lord, and to show
our faith in the same. Z'07-235 R4038:4 (Hymn 38)