Spurgeon: August AM
* 08/31/AM
"On mine arm shall they trust."
--Isaiah 51:5
In seasons of severe trial, the Christian has nothing on
earth that he can trust to, and is therefore compelled to cast
himself on his God alone. When his vessel is on its beam-ends,
and no human deliverance can avail, he must simply and entirely
trust himself to the providence and care of God. Happy storm
that wrecks a man on such a rock as this! O blessed hurricane
that drives the soul to God and God alone! There is no getting
at our God sometimes because of the multitude of our friends;
but when a man is so poor, so friendless, so helpless that he
has nowhere else to turn, he flies into his Father's arms, and
is blessedly clasped therein! When he is burdened with troubles
so pressing and so peculiar, that he cannot tell them to any but
his God, he may be thankful for them; for he will learn more of
his Lord then than at any other time. Oh, tempest-tossed
believer, it is a happy trouble that drives thee to thy Father!
Now that thou hast only thy God to trust to, see that thou
puttest thy full confidence in Him. Dishonour not thy Lord and
Master by unworthy doubts and fears; but be strong in faith,
giving glory to God. Show the world that thy God is worth ten
thousand worlds to thee. Show rich men how rich thou art in thy
poverty when the Lord God is thy helper. Show the strong man how
strong thou art in thy weakness when underneath thee are the
everlasting arms. Now is the time for feats of faith and valiant
exploits. Be strong and very courageous, and the Lord thy God
shall certainly, as surely as He built the heavens and the
earth, glorify Himself in thy weakness, and magnify his might in
the midst of thy distress. The grandeur of the arch of heaven
would be spoiled if the sky were supported by a single visible
column, and your faith would lose its glory if it rested on
anything discernible by the carnal eye. May the Holy Spirit give
you to rest in Jesus this closing day of the month.