Dec. 28
ABSOLUTE ASSURANCE
"He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee" Heb. 13:5
Several times in the Scriptures the Lord hath said this. He has
often repeated it, to make our assurance doubly sure. Let us never
harbor a doubt of it. In itself the promise is specially emphatic. In
the Greek it has five negatives, each one definitely shutting out the
possibility of the Lord's ever leaving one of His people so that he
can justly feel forsaken of his God. This priceless Scripture does not
promise us exemption from trouble, but it does secure us against
desertion. We may be called to traverse strange ways, but we shall
always have our Lord's company, assistance, and provision. We need not
covet money, for we shall always have our God, and God is better than
gold, His favor is better than fortune.
We ought surely to be content with such things as we have, for he
who has God has more than all the world besides. What can we have
beyond the Infinite? What more can we desire than Almighty Goodness.
Come, my heart; if God says He will never leave thee, nor forsake
thee, be thou much in prayer for grace, that thou mayest never leave
thy Lord, nor even for a moment forsake His ways.