Spurgeon - Morning, August 31
"On mine arm shall they trust."
Isaiah 51:5
In seasons of severe trial, the Christian has nothing on earth that he
can trust to, and is therefore compelled to cast himself on his God
alone. When his vessel is on its beam-ends, and no human deliverance
can avail, he must simply and entirely trust himself to the providence
and care of God. Happy storm that wrecks a man on such a rock as this!
O blessed hurricane that drives the soul to God and God alone! There is
no getting at our God sometimes because of the multitude of our
friends; but when a man is so poor, so friendless, so helpless that he
has nowhere else to turn, he flies into his Father's arms, and is
blessedly clasped therein! When he is burdened with troubles so
pressing and so peculiar, that he cannot tell them to any but his God,
he may be thankful for them; for he will learn more of his Lord then
than at any other time. Oh, tempest-tossed believer, it is a happy
trouble that drives thee to thy Father! Now that thou hast only thy God
to trust to, see that thou puttest thy full confidence in him.
Dishonour not thy Lord and Master by unworthy doubts and fears; but be
strong in faith, giving glory to God. Show the world that thy God is
worth ten thousand worlds to thee. Show rich men how rich thou art in
thy poverty when the Lord God is thy helper. Show the strong man how
strong thou art in thy weakness when underneath thee are the
everlasting arms. Now is the time for feats of faith and valiant
exploits. Be strong and very courageous, and the Lord thy God shall
certainly, as surely as he built the heavens and the earth, glorify
himself in thy weakness, and magnify his might in the midst of thy
distress. The grandeur of the arch of heaven would be spoiled if the
sky were supported by a single visible column, and your faith would
lose its glory if it rested on anything discernible by the carnal eye.
May the Holy Spirit give you to rest in Jesus this closing day of the
month.
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