June 9
A TRUSTWORTHY NAME
"I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor
people, and they shall trust in the name of the Lord" Zeph. 3:12
When true religion is ready to die out among the wealthy it finds a
home among the poor of this world, rich in faith. The Lord has even
now his faithful remnant. Am I one of them?
Perhaps it is because men are afflicted and poor that they learn to
trust in the name of the Lord. He that hath no money must try what he
can do on trust. He whose own name is good for nothing in his own
esteem, acts wisely to rest in another name, even that best of names,
the name of Jehovah. God will always have a trusting people, and these
will be an afflicted and poor people. Little as the world thinks of
them, their being left in the midst of a nation is the channel of
untold blessings to it. Here we have the conserving salt which keeps
in check the corruption which is in the world through lust.
Again the question comes home to each one of us, Am I one of them?
Am I afflicted by the sin within me and around me? Am I poor in
spirit, poor spiritually in my own judgment? Do I trust in the Lord?
That is the main business. Jesus reveals the name, the character, the
person of God; am I trusting in Him? If so, I am left in this world
for a purpose. Lord, help me to fulfill it.