Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee (Heb. 13:5).
This promise is repeated again and again in the Bible. The Lord says this time after time so that we will be absolutely certain and never forget it. We are never to doubt God's care for us. In the Greek this promise, "I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee," has an extra negative, shutting out any possibility of the Lord's ever leaving one of His children so that they can justly feel forsaken of God. He will not--no, no, never! This is a priceless promise, and the child of God may rest upon it.
We may be called to travel over strange ways, but we shall always have good company, for "the Lord of hosts is with us" (Ps. 46:7). Today's text is no promise of exempting from trouble, but it secures us against desertion. We may walk through dark valleys, but "the darkness and the light are both alike" to the Lord (Ps. 139:12). We may be poor in this world's goods, but we shall always have our Lord's company, provision, and assistance. In the midst of our enemies He is our "shield, and...exceeding great reward" (Gen. 15:1). We may grow old and feeble, but God will not forsake us. "Even to your old age," He says, "and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you" (Isa. 46:4).
We may travel far and fast in this age of speed, but God will not be left behind, for no human being can measure footsteps with the eternal God. In childhood, maturity, and old age His promise holds and grows richer every day: "I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee." So let us go on without fear.
MEDITATION PRAYER: "But mine eyes are unto thee, O God the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute" (Ps. 141:8).
This promise is repeated again and again in the Bible. The Lord says this time after time so that we will be absolutely certain and never forget it. We are never to doubt God's care for us. In the Greek this promise, "I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee," has an extra negative, shutting out any possibility of the Lord's ever leaving one of His children so that they can justly feel forsaken of God. He will not--no, no, never! This is a priceless promise, and the child of God may rest upon it.
We may be called to travel over strange ways, but we shall always have good company, for "the Lord of hosts is with us" (Ps. 46:7). Today's text is no promise of exempting from trouble, but it secures us against desertion. We may walk through dark valleys, but "the darkness and the light are both alike" to the Lord (Ps. 139:12). We may be poor in this world's goods, but we shall always have our Lord's company, provision, and assistance. In the midst of our enemies He is our "shield, and...exceeding great reward" (Gen. 15:1). We may grow old and feeble, but God will not forsake us. "Even to your old age," He says, "and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you" (Isa. 46:4).
We may travel far and fast in this age of speed, but God will not be left behind, for no human being can measure footsteps with the eternal God. In childhood, maturity, and old age His promise holds and grows richer every day: "I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee." So let us go on without fear.
MEDITATION PRAYER: "But mine eyes are unto thee, O God the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute" (Ps. 141:8).
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