In His favor is life

"In His favor is life."—Ps. 30:5

Were the sun to be blotted out of the heavens, every leaf and flower would wither; life would cease. Without sunshine, earth would be a desert.

Jehovah is the sun of the soul Without His beams all is not only darkness, but death. His love is the sunlight that gladdens and revives us. Where that love is shed down, all is peace; where that love is withheld, all is sadness, and terror, and gloom. Life is not life when this love is hidden. In His favor is life. The favor of others may cheer us for an hour, and make us forget our weariness; but it leaves the soul as heavy and dark as before. It does not comfort, it does not quicken, it does not heal or refresh. Only of God's love can it be said that in it is life.

Yes, it contains life for us, the true life of the soul; and he who findeth this favor, findeth life. The possession of that favor is blessedness. Nor is this favor hard to find. It does not need to be bought. It is freely given. We have but to take it. Like the sunshine, it is around us, and we have but to give it entrance. God sends us the good news of it in the gospel of His grace; and he who simply receives that gospel, is at once put in possession of the Divine favour, the whole free love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Hence the apostle says, "We have known and believed the love that God hath to us." (1 John 4:16.)