Spurgeon: May AM
* 05/25/AM
"Forsake me not, O Lord."
--Psalm 38:21
Frequently we pray that God would not forsake us in the hour
of trial and temptation, but we too much forget that we have
need to use this prayer at all times . There is no moment of
our life, however holy, in which we can do without His constant
upholding. Whether in light or in darkness, in communion or in
temptation, we alike need the prayer, "Forsake me not, O Lord."
"Hold Thou me up, and I shall be safe." A little child, while
learning to walk, always needs the nurse's aid. The ship left by
the pilot drifts at once from her course. We cannot do without
continued aid from above; let it then be your prayer to-day,
"Forsake me not. Father, forsake not Thy child, lest he fall by
the hand of the enemy. Shepherd, forsake not Thy lamb, lest he
wander from the safety of the fold. Great Husbandman, forsake
not Thy plant, lest it wither and die. 'Forsake me not, O Lord,'
now; and forsake me not at any moment of my life. Forsake me not
in my joys, lest they absorb my heart. Forsake me not in my
sorrows, lest I murmur against Thee. Forsake me not in the day
of my repentance, lest I lose the hope of pardon, and fall into
despair; and forsake me not in the day of my strongest faith,
lest faith degenerate into presumption. Forsake me not, for
without Thee I am weak, but with Thee I am strong. Forsake me
not, for my path is dangerous, and full of snares, and I cannot
do without Thy guidance. The hen forsakes not her brood, do
Thou then evermore cover me with Thy feathers, and permit me
under Thy wings to find my refuge. 'Be not far from me, O Lord,
for trouble is near, for there is none to help.' 'Leave me not,
neither forsake me, O God of my salvation!'"
"O ever in our cleansed breast,
Bid Thine Eternal Spirit rest;
And make our secret soul to be
A temple pure and worthy Thee."