Spurgeon: October AM
* 10/17/AM
"And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the
hand of Saul."
--1 Samuel 27:1
The thought of David's heart at this time was a false
thought, because he certainly had no ground for thinking that
God's anointing him by Samuel was intended to be left as an
empty unmeaning act. On no one occasion had the Lord deserted
His servant; he had been placed in perilous positions very
often, but not one instance had occurred in which divine
interposition had not delivered him. The trials to which he had
been exposed had been varied; they had not assumed one form
only, but many--yet in every case He who sent the trial had also
graciously ordained a way of escape. David could not put his
finger upon any entry in his diary, and say of it, "Here is
evidence that the Lord will forsake me," for the entire tenor of
his past life proved the very reverse. He should have argued
from what God had done for him, that God would be his defender
still. But is it not just in the same way that we doubt God's
help? Is it not mistrust without a cause ? Have we ever had the
shadow of a reason to doubt our Father's goodness? Have not His
lovingkindnesses been marvellous? Has He once failed to
justify our trust? Ah, no! our God has not left us at any time.
We have had dark nights, but the star of love has shone forth
amid the blackness; we have been in stern conflicts, but over
our head He has held aloft the shield of our defence. We have
gone through many trials, but never to our detriment, always to
our advantage; and the conclusion from our past experience is,
that He who has been with us in six troubles, will not forsake
us in the seventh. What we have known of our faithful God,
proves that He will keep us to the end. Let us not, then,
reason contrary to evidence. How can we ever be so ungenerous as
to doubt our God? Lord, throw down the Jezebel of our
unbelief, and let the dogs devour it.