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February 3

February 3
He Freely Gives
He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely
give us all things? (Romans 8:32)
If this is not a promise in form, it is in fact. Indeed, it is more than one promise, it is a conglomerate of
promises. It is a mass of rubies, emeralds, and diamonds, with a nugget of gold for their setting.
It is a question that can never be answered to cause us any anxiety of heart. What can the
Lord deny us after giving us, Jesus? If we need all things in heaven and earth, He will grant them to
us: for if there had been a limit anywhere, He would have kept back His own Son.
What do I want today? I have only to ask for it. I may seek earnestly, but not as if I had to use
pressure and extort an unwilling gift from the Lord's hand; for He will give freely. Of His own, He gave
us His own Son. Certainly, no one would have proposed such a gift to Him. No one would have
ventured to ask for it. It would have been too presumptuous. He freely gave His Only-begotten, and,
O my soul, canst thou not trust thy heavenly Father to give thee anything, to give thee everything?
Thy poor prayer would have no force with Omnipotence if force were needed; but His love, like a
spring, rises of itself and overflows for the supply of all thy needs.