The words of Thomas Brooks (1608-1680) are an encouragement to believers that God is ours because we are his. It was he who purchased us at the cost of his Son. Now, all who are in Christ Jesus can say with confidence, "This is God, Our God forever and ever."
"This is God, Our God forever and ever," Psalm 48:14
Our God is a safe portion, a secure portion. He is a portion that no one can rob you of. He is a portion that no one can touch or take from you. He is a portion that no one can cheat or spoil you of. God is such a portion, that no friend, no foe, and no devil can ever rob you of. O Christians, God is so yours in Christ, and so yours by covenant, and so yours by promise, and so yours by purchase, and so yours by conquest, and so yours by marriage union and communion and so yours by the earnest Spirit, and so yours by the feelings and witnesses of the Spirit, that no power on earth can ever pilfer your portion, or cheat, or rob you of your portion. He is not only our God for the present, O no! He will be our God forever and ever. If God is once your portion, he will forever be your portion.
Thomas Brooks (Works, 11:26-27) excerpt taken from Voices from the Past: Puritan Devotional Readings, edited by Richard Rushing (many thanks to my wonderful wife for giving me this devotional for Christmas!).
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