March 29
DAUNTLESS FAITH
"I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee" Acts
18:10
So long as the Lord had work for Paul to do in Corinth, the fury of
the mob was restrained. The Jews opposed themselves and blasphemed;
but they could neither stop the preaching of the gospel, nor the
conversion of the hearers. God has power over the most violent minds.
He makes the wrath of man to praise Him when it breaks forth, but He
still more displays His goodness when He restrains it; and He can
restrain it. "By the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as
a stone, till thy people pass over, O Lord."
Do not, therefore, feel any fear of man when you know that you are
doing your duty. Go straight on, as Jesus would have done, and those
who oppose shall be as a bruised reed and as smoking flax. Many a time
men have had cause to fear because they were themselves afraid; but a
dauntless faith in God brushes fear aside like the cobwebs in a
giant's path. No man can harm us unless the Lord permits. He who makes
the devil himself to flee at a word, can certainly control the devil's
agents. Maybe they are already more afraid of you than you are of
them. Therefore, go forward, and where you looked to meet with foes
you will find friends.