Numbers 34

REFLECTIONS UPON CHAP. XXXIV.—It is necessary to bring our mind to our lot, since God sets the bounds to it: and though a small portion of this world may be allotted to the people of God, yet is that small portion fertile, and well protected. How instructive the boundaries of this promised land! The memorial of heaven’s vengeance on Sodom at the south-east; the memorial of Egyptian bondage on the south-west; the wilderness of their wandering on the south; the goodly mountain Lebanon on the north; the great sea, that emblem of eternity, on the west; and Jordan, that river of God, on the east. Thus are we surrounded with mementos of our state. But, in all, infallible is the accomplishment of God’s promises, whatever hard warfare and wearisome waiting may be necessary to precede it. Let me therefore, even now, raise up my weary spirit—Jesus, the prince of all the tribes of ransomed men, shall quickly assign me my share in his celestial Canaan!