Evening, November 9
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“His place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall
be given him; his waters shall be sure.”
Isaiah 33:16
Do you doubt, O Christian, do you doubt as to whether God will fulfil
his promise? Shall the munitions of rock be carried by storm? Shall
the storehouses of heaven fail? Do you think that your heavenly Father,
though he knoweth that you have need of food and raiment, will yet
forget you? When not a sparrow falls to the ground without your Father,
and the very hairs of your head are all numbered, will you mistrust
and doubt him? Perhaps your affliction will continue upon you till
you dare to trust your God, and then it shall end. Full many there
be who have been tried and sore vexed till at last they have been
driven in sheer desperation to exercise faith in God, and the moment
of their faith has been the instant of their deliverance; they have
seen whether God would keep his promise or not. Oh, I pray you, doubt
him no longer! Please not Satan, and vex not yourself by indulging
any more those hard thoughts of God. Think it not a light matter to
doubt Jehovah. Remember, it is a sin ; and not a little sin either, but in the highest degree criminal.
The angels never doubted him, nor the devils either: we alone, out
of all the beings that God has fashioned, dishonour him by unbelief,
and tarnish his honour by mistrust. Shame upon us for this! Our God
does not deserve to be so basely suspected; in our past life we have
proved him to be true and faithful to his word, and with so many instances
of his love and of his kindness as we have received, and are daily
receiving, at his hands, it is base and inexcusable that we suffer
a doubt to sojourn within our heart. May we henceforth wage constant
war against doubts of our God—enemies to our peace and to his honour; and with an unstaggering faith
believe that what he has promised he will also perform. “Lord, I believe, help thou mine unbelief.”