Spurgeon: November AM
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"Underneath are the everlasting arms."
--Deuteronomy 33:27
God--the eternal God--is Himself our support at all times,
and especially when we are sinking in deep trouble. There are
seasons when the Christian sinks very low in humiliation .
Under a deep sense of his great sinfulness, he is humbled before
God till he scarcely knows how to pray, because he appears, in
his own sight, so worthless. Well, child of God, remember that
when thou art at thy worst and lowest, yet "underneath" thee
"are everlasting arms." Sin may drag thee ever so low, but
Christ's great atonement is still under all. You may have
descended into the deeps, but you cannot have fallen so low as
"the uttermost"; and to the uttermost He saves. Again, the
Christian sometimes sinks very deeply in sore trial from
without . Every earthly prop is cut away. What then? Still
underneath him are "the everlasting arms." He cannot fall so
deep in distress and affliction but what the covenant grace of
an ever-faithful God will still encircle him. The Christian may
be sinking under trouble from within through fierce conflict,
but even then he cannot be brought so low as to be beyond the
reach of the "everlasting arms"--they are underneath him; and,
while thus sustained, all Satan's efforts to harm him avail
nothing.
This assurance of support is a comfort to any weary but
earnest worker in the service of God. It implies a promise of
strength for each day, grace for each need, and power for each
duty. And, further, when death comes , the promise shall still
hold good. When we stand in the midst of Jordan, we shall be
able to say with David, "I will fear no evil, for Thou art with
me." We shall descend into the grave, but we shall go no lower,
for the eternal arms prevent our further fall. All through life,
and at its close, we shall be upheld by the "everlasting
arms"--arms that neither flag nor lose their strength, for "the
everlasting God fainteth not, neither is weary."