# “Take in the sweet air from the precious promises of God” by Samuel Ward

- Link: https://tollelege.net/2008/08/29/take-in-the-sweet-air-from-the-precious-promises-of-god-by-samuel-ward/
- Published: 2008-08-29T09:21:20-05:00
- Author: tollelege

“Live by faith; again I say, always live by it. Always rejoice through faith in 
the Lord! It is neglecting this exercise that allows your own low moods and Satan
to interrupt your happiness and spiritual cheerfulness and to hold you in the dumps
and in gloominess…

Some seek refreshment in company, or wine, or tobacco. They would not go far without
a supply of these! But would not the least taste of faith be far better? Should 
not the wise Christian rather take in the sweet air from the precious promises of
God? Keep your faith, and it will keep your joy. It will keep it in an even, ever-
flowing current, without ebb and flow, clouds or eclipses, turning ever upon the
hinges of heavenly and solid joy…

It is sad to see a Christian pursuing joy in coarse and earthly pleasures when he
has more noble and angelical delights, second only in degree and manner of enjoyment
to heaven itself. Our faith takes us to the third heaven. We roll and tumble our
souls in beds of roses, that is, our meditations of justification, sanctification,
and salvation through Christ.

No day should pass without these enjoyments. Should not our soul have her due drinks,
breakfasts, meals, snacks, and desserts, as well as our body? Cannot such meditations
make pleasant work of our daily tasks? They would make time pass by like a boat 
with full wind and tide, needing no oars. They would make all of our days like holidays
and celebrations.”

–Samuel Ward, _Living Faith_ (Carlisle, Pa.: Banner of Truth, 2008), 25-30.

[[HT: Miscellanies](http://spurgeon.wordpress.com/2008/08/28/puritans-on-faith-and-joy/)]

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