“He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor
forsake thee” Hebrews 13:5
ABSOLUTE ASSURANCE
Several times in the
Scriptures the Lord hath said this. He has often
repeated it, to make our assurance doubly sure.
Let us never harbor a doubt of it. In itself the
promise is specially emphatic. In the Greek it
has five negatives, each one definitely shutting
out the possibility of the Lord’s ever leaving
one of His people so that he can justly feel
forsaken of his God.
This priceless Scripture does not promise us
exemption from trouble, but it does secure us
against desertion. We may be called to traverse
strange ways, but we shall always have our
Lord’s company, assistance, and provision. We
need not covet money, for we shall always have
our God, and God is better than gold, His favor
is better than fortune.
We ought surely to be content with such things
as we have, for he who has God has more than all
the world besides. What can we have beyond the
Infinite? What more can we desire than Almighty
Goodness.
Come, my heart; if God says He will never leave
thee, nor forsake thee, be thou much in prayer
for grace, that thou mayest never leave thy
Lord, nor even for a moment forsake His ways.
"Lord Dictated Them"
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