Oct. 24
GODLY STABILITY
"And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brazen wall: and
they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against
thee; for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the
Lord' Jer. 15:20
Stability in the fear and faith of God will make a man like a wall
of brass, which no one can batter down or break. Only the Lord can
make such; but we need such men in the church, and in the world, but
specially in the pulpit.
Against uncompromising men of truth this age of shams will fight
tooth and nail. Nothing seems to offend Satan and his seed like
decision. They attack holy firmness even as the Assyrians besieged
fenced cities. The joy is that they cannot prevail against those whom
God has made strong in His strength. Carried about with every wind of
doctrine, others only need to be blown upon, and away they go; but
those who love the doctrines of grace, because they possess the grace
of the doctrines, stand like rocks in the midst of raging seas.
Whence this stability? "I am with thee, saith the Lord": that is
the true answer. Jehovah will save and deliver faithful souls from all
the assaults of the adversary. Hosts are against us, but the Lord of
hosts is with us. We dare not budge an inch; for the Lord Himself
holds us in our place, and there we will abide for ever.