Spurgeon: July PM
* 07/13/PM
"When I cry unto Thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this
I know; for God is for me."
--Psalm 56:9
It is impossible for any human speech to express the full
meaning of this delightful phrase, " God is for me ." He was
"for us" before the worlds were made; He was "for us," or He
would not have given His well-beloved son; He was "for us" when
He smote the Only-begotten, and laid the full weight of His
wrath upon Him--He was "for us ," though He was against Him ;
He was "for us," when we were ruined in the fall--He loved us
notwithstanding all; He was "for us," when we were rebels
against Him, and with a high hand were bidding Him defiance; He
was "for us," or He would not have brought us humbly to seek His
face. He has been "for us" in many struggles; we have been
summoned to encounter hosts of dangers; we have been assailed by
temptations from without and within--how could we have remained
unharmed to this hour if He had not been "for us"? He is "for
us," with all the infinity of His being; with all the
omnipotence of His love; with all the infallibility of His
wisdom; arrayed in all His divine attributes, He is "for
us,"--eternally and immutably "for us"; "for us" when yon blue
skies shall be rolled up like a worn out vesture; "for us"
throughout eternity. And because He is "for us," the voice of
prayer will always ensure His help. " When I cry unto Thee, then
shall mine enemies be turned back ." This is no uncertain hope,
but a well grounded assurance--" this I know ." I will direct my
prayer unto Thee, and will look up for the answer, assured that
it will come, and that mine enemies shall be defeated, "for God
is for me." O believer, how happy art thou with the King of
kings on thy side! How safe with such a Protector! How sure thy
cause pleaded by such an Advocate! If God be for thee, who can
be against thee?