Psalm 119:151 You are near, O LORD; and all your commandments are truth. I. GOD IS NEAR US IN THE HOUR OF HUMAN DESERTION. We are never in reality alone, never in reality deserted. On our right hand and on our left the Invisible walks. II. GOD IS NEAR US IN THE HOUR OF TEMPTATION. When an army goes forth to battle, a true leader goes forth with it. In the supreme moment of his destiny, whether of downfall or triumph, God always stands by a follower. III. THE NEARNESS OF GOD TO US IS SEEN IN THE VARIOUS EXPERIENCES OF OUR LIFE AND GROWTH. Now it is hard to analyze the sources and causes of growth. Ask the rose how it grows. Say to it, "Whence came your sweetness and the royal colour of your leaves?" and the rising volume of its fragrance is your only answer. It cannot say how much it owes to the sun, how much to the shower, how much to the cloud, nor whether day or night brought most of perfume and beauty to it. So it is with the soul. You ask some aged Christian whence came her purity, her patience, her calm reliance and that hope of hers, — and can she tell you? No! She only knows that she is as she is through the grace of God. You may grope in darkness or walk in light, but He unto whom the light and darkness are one is over with you. (W. H. H. Murray.) Parallel Verses KJV: Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth. |
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