Morning, January 16
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“I will help thee, saith the Lord.”
Isaiah 41:14
This morning let us hear the Lord Jesus speak to each one of us: “I will help thee.” “It is but a small thing for me, thy God, to help thee. Consider what I have done already. What! not help thee? Why,
I bought thee with my blood. What! not help thee? I have died for
thee; and if I have done the greater, will I not do the less? Help thee! It is the least thing I will ever do for thee; I have done more, and will do more. Before the world began I chose thee.
I made the covenant for thee. I laid aside my glory and became a man
for thee; I gave up my life for thee; and if I did all this, I will
surely help thee now. In helping thee, I am giving thee what I have
bought for thee already. If thou hadst need of a thousand times as
much help, I would give it thee; thou requirest little compared with
what I am ready to give. 'Tis much for thee to need, but it is nothing
for me to bestow. ‘ Help thee?’ Fear not! If there were an ant at the door of thy granary asking
for help, it would not ruin thee to give him a handful of thy wheat;
and thou art nothing but a tiny insect at the door of my all-sufficiency.
‘I will help thee.’”
O my soul, is not this enough? Dost thou need more strength than the
omnipotence of the United Trinity? Dost thou want more wisdom than
exists in the Father, more love than displays itself in the Son, or
more power than is manifest in the influences of the Spirit? Bring
hither thine empty pitcher! Surely this well will fill it. Haste,
gather up thy wants, and bring them here—thine emptiness, thy woes, thy needs. Behold, this river of God is
full for thy supply; what canst thou desire beside? Go forth, my soul,
in this thy might. The Eternal God is thine helper!
“Fear not, I am with thee, oh, be not dismay'd!
I, I am thy God, and will still give thee aid.”