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The Christian's Present Portion in hand

| Friday, December 01, 2006




God is a present portion. He is a portion in hand, he is a portion in possession. All the scriptures that are cited to prove the doctrine, evidence this to be a truth, Ps 48:14; Isa 25:9. And so doth that Ps 46:1, "God is a very present help in trouble." God is a present help in many troubles, in great troubles, and in continued troubles [2] When the people of God are in their greatest extremity, then God will be a present help, a present portion to them: Isa 43:2, "When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burnt, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee." God will be a present help, a present relief, a present support, a present comfort, a present portion to his people, in all those great and various trials that they may be exercised under: Ps 142:5, "I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living." God is a portion in present possession, and not a portion in reversion. The psalmist doth not say, Thou mayest be my portion in another world, but "Thou art my portion in the land of the living;" nor he doth not say, Thou wilt be my portion in another world, but "Thou art my portion in the land of the living." Look, as Elkanah gave Hannah a worthy portion in hand, 1 Sam 1:5, so God gives himself to his saints as a worthy portion in hand. Many men wait, and wait long, for their earthly portions before they enjoy them; yea, their patience is oftentimes wore so threadbare in waiting, that they wish their parents in Abraham's bosom; ay, and sometimes in a worser place, that so they may inherit their honours, lordships, lands, treasures, etc. Look, as a bird in the hand is worth two, ay, ten, in the bush, so a portion in possession is worth two, ay, ten, in reversion. Now, God is a portion in present possession, and that speaks out the excellency of the saints'
portion. As he in Plutarch said of the Scythians, that although they had no music nor vines among them, yet, as a better thing, they had gods, so I may say, though the saints have not this, nor that, nor the other earthly portion among them, yet, as a better thing, they have God for their present portion; and what can they desire more? [Thomas Brooks]

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