June 4th
The never-failing God
For He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. Hebrews 13:5.
What line does my thought take? Does it turn to what God says or to what I fear? “He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.”
“I will be in no wise fail thee”—not for all my sin and selfishness and stubbornness and waywardness. Have I let God say to me that He will never fail me? If I have listened to this say-so of God’s, then let me listen again.
“Neither will I in any wise forsake thee.” Sometimes it is not the difficulty that makes me think God will abandon me, but drudgery. There is no Hill Difficulty to climb, no vision given, nothing astonishing or beautiful, just the normal day in and day out—can I hear God’s say-so in these things?
We have the idea that God is going to do some exceptional thing, that He is preparing and fitting us for some extraordinary thing by and by, but as we go on in grace we find that God is glorifying Himself here and now, in the present minute. If we have God’s say-so behind us, the most incredible strength comes, and we learn to sing in the ordinary days and ways.
Chambers, Oswald. My Utmost for His Highest: Selections for the Year. Grand Rapids, MI: Oswald Chambers Publications; Marshall Pickering, 1986. Print.
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