Aug. 8
CONFIDENCE NOT MISPLACED
"The Lord God will help me" Isa. 50:7
These are in prophecy the words of Messiah in the day of His
obedience unto death, when He gave His back to the smiters, and His
cheeks to them that plucked off the hair. He was confident in divine
support, and trusted in Jehovah.
O my soul, thy sorrows are as the small dust of the balance
compared with thy Lord's! Canst thou not believe that the Lord God
will help thee? Thy Lord was in a peculiar position; for as the
representative of sinful men -- their substitute and sacrifice -- it
was needful that the Father should leave Him, and cause Him to come
under desertion of soul. No such necessity is laid upon thee: thou are
not bound to cry, "Why hast thou forsaken me?" Did thy Saviour even in
such a case still rely upon God, and canst not thou? He died for thee,
and thus made it impossible that thou shouldst be left alone;
wherefore, be of good cheer.
In this day's labors or trials say, "The Lord God will help me." Go
forth boldly. Set your face like a flint, and resolve that no
faintness or shamefacedness shall come near you. If God helps, who can
hinder? If you are sure of omnipotent aid, what can be too heavy for
you? Begin the day joyously, and let no shade of doubt come between
thee and the eternal sunshine.