” … I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee” (Hebrews 13:5).
It should be enough that God ” … hath said … “, even if ten thousand other voices, both within and without the soul, should speak the contrary. His love is everlasting, ” … I have loved thee with an everlasting love … ” (Jeremiah 31 :3). His covenant is everlasting (Isaiah 61:8; Hebrews 13:20) and unchangeable. “Thus saith theLORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season; Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant … ” (Jeremiah 33:20-21). Think of it! Just as much as it is impossible for man to change the seasons or the day and the night, so is it impossible for God to break His covenant of mercy to one of His servants. Though ” … we believe not, yet he abideth faithful…” (2 Timothy 2: 13).
All healthy, thriving, stalwart Christians become so by appropriating the promises. David said, “Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart” (Psalm 119:111 ). “Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage” (Psalm 119:54). All who believe the promises ” … rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory” (1 Peter 1 :8), even in seasons of great heaviness through manifold temptations, knowing that ” … all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose” (Romans 8:28).
The sincere milk of the Word of God is food for babes in Christ by which they grow (1 Peter 2:2). It is through the Scriptures that they became “Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith … ” (Colossians 2:7). Jesus has left His own with many comforting promises of His abiding presence and help in time of need.
‘Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus,
Just to take Him at His Word;
Just to rest upon His promise;
Just to know, “Thus saith the Lord. “