Feb. 27
UNSTAGGERING TRUSTFULNESS
"He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed,
trusting in the Lord" Ps. 112:7
Suspense is dreadful. When we have no news from home, we are apt to
grow anxious, and we cannot be persuaded that "no news is good news."
Faith is the cure for this condition of sadness: the Lord by His
Spirit settles the mind in holy serenity, and all fear is gone as to
the future as well as the present.
The fixedness of heart spoken of by the Psalmist is to be
diligently sought after. It is not believing this or that promise of
the Lord, but the general condition of unstaggering trustfulness in
our God, the confidence which we have in Him that He will neither do
us ill Himself, nor suffer anyone else to harm us. This constant
confidence meets the unknown as well as the known of life. Let the
morrow be what it may, our God is the God of tomorrow. Whatever events
may have happened, which to us are unknown, our Jehovah is God of the
unknown as well as of the known. We are determined to trust the Lord,
come what may. If the very worst should happen, our God is still the
greatest and best. Therefore will we not fear though the postman's
knock should startle us, or a telegram wake us at midnight. The Lord
liveth, and what can His children fear?