June 4th — THE NEVER-FAILING GOD
June 4th.THE NEVER-FAILING GOD
"For He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee." Hebrews 8:5
What line does my thought take? Does it turn to what God says or to what I fear? Am I learning to say not what God says, but to say something after I have heard what He says? "He hath said, I wil never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I wil not fear what man shal do unto me."
"I wil in no wise fail thee" - not for al my sin and selfishness and stubbornness and waywardness. Have I real y let God say to me that He wil never fail me? If I have listened to this say-so of God's, then let me listen again.
"Neither wil I in any wise forsake thee." Sometimes it is not difficulty that makes me think God wil forsake me, but drudgery. There is no Hil Difficulty to climb, no vision given, nothing wonderful or beautiful, just the commonplace day in and day out - can I hear God's say-so in these things?
We have the idea that God is going to do some exceptional thing, that He is preparing and fitting us for some extraordinary thing by and bye, but as we go on in grace we find that God is glorifying Himself here and now, in the present minute. If we have God's say-so behind us, the most amazing strength comes, and we learn to sing in the ordinary days and ways.