"His place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure."—Isaiah 33:16.
O you
doubt, O Christian, do you doubt as to whether God will fulfil His
promise? Shall the munitions of rock be carried by storm? O Shall the
storehouses of heaven fail? Do you think that your heavenly Father,
though He knoweth that you have need of food and raiment, will yet
forget you? When not a sparrow falls to the ground without your Father,
and the very hairs of your head are all numbered, will you mistrust and
doubt Him? Perhaps your affliction will continue upon you till you dare
to trust your God, and then it shall end. Full many there be who have
been tried and sore vexed till at last they have been driven in sheer
desperation to exercise faith in God, and the moment of their faith has
been the instant of their deliverance; they have seen whether God would
keep His promise or not. Oh, I pray you, doubt Him no longer! Please not
Satan, and vex not yourself by indulging any more those hard thoughts
of God. Think it not a light matter to doubt Jehovah. Remember, it is a sin;
and not a little sin either, but in the highest degree criminal. The
angels never doubted Him, nor the devils either: we alone, out of all
the beings that God has fashioned, dishonour Him by unbelief, and
tarnish His honour by mistrust. Shame upon us for this! Our God does not
deserve to be so basely suspected; in our past life we have proved Him
to be true and faithful to His word, and with so many instances of His
love and of His kindness as we have received, and are daily receiving,
at His hands, it is base and inexcusable that we suffer a doubt to
sojourn within our heart. May we henceforth wage constant war against
doubts of our God—enemies to our peace and to His honour; and with an
unstaggering faith believe that what He has promised He will also
perform. "Lord, I believe, help Thou mine unbelief."
O you
doubt, O Christian, do you doubt as to whether God will fulfil His
promise? Shall the munitions of rock be carried by storm? O Shall the
storehouses of heaven fail? Do you think that your heavenly Father,
though He knoweth that you have need of food and raiment, will yet
forget you? When not a sparrow falls to the ground without your Father,
and the very hairs of your head are all numbered, will you mistrust and
doubt Him? Perhaps your affliction will continue upon you till you dare
to trust your God, and then it shall end. Full many there be who have
been tried and sore vexed till at last they have been driven in sheer
desperation to exercise faith in God, and the moment of their faith has
been the instant of their deliverance; they have seen whether God would
keep His promise or not. Oh, I pray you, doubt Him no longer! Please not
Satan, and vex not yourself by indulging any more those hard thoughts
of God. Think it not a light matter to doubt Jehovah. Remember, it is a sin;
and not a little sin either, but in the highest degree criminal. The
angels never doubted Him, nor the devils either: we alone, out of all
the beings that God has fashioned, dishonour Him by unbelief, and
tarnish His honour by mistrust. Shame upon us for this! Our God does not
deserve to be so basely suspected; in our past life we have proved Him
to be true and faithful to His word, and with so many instances of His
love and of His kindness as we have received, and are daily receiving,
at His hands, it is base and inexcusable that we suffer a doubt to
sojourn within our heart. May we henceforth wage constant war against
doubts of our God—enemies to our peace and to His honour; and with an
unstaggering faith believe that what He has promised He will also
perform. "Lord, I believe, help Thou mine unbelief."
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