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Morning and Evening

October 10, Evening

C. H. Spurgeon · Modern retelling

"And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible." — Jeremiah 15:21 · KJV

Note the glorious personal note of the promise: I will, I will. The Lord Yahweh Himself steps in to deliver and redeem His people; He pledges Himself personally to rescue them. His own arm shall do it, that He may have the glory. Not a word is said of any effort of ours needed to assist the Lord. Neither our strength nor our weakness is taken into account, but the lone "I," like the sun in the heavens, shines out resplendent in all-sufficiency. Why, then, do we count up our own forces and consult with flesh and blood, to our grievous wounding? Yahweh has power enough without borrowing from our puny arm. Peace, you unbelieving thoughts; be still, and know that the Lord reigns. Nor is there a hint of secondary means and causes. The Lord says nothing of friends and helpers; He undertakes the work alone, and feels no need of human arms to aid Him. Vain are all our lookings around to companions and relatives; they are broken reeds if we lean on them — often unwilling when able, and unable when willing. Since the promise comes from God alone, it would be well to wait only on Him; and when we do, our expectation never fails. Who are the wicked, that we should fear them? The Lord will utterly consume them; they are to be pitied rather than feared. And the terrible ones are terrors only to those who have no God to fly to; for when the Lord is on our side, whom shall we fear? If we run into sin to please the wicked, we have cause for alarm; but if we hold fast our integrity, the rage of tyrants shall be overruled for our good. When the fish swallowed Jonah, it found him a morsel it could not digest; and when the world devours the church, it is glad to be rid of it again. In all times of fiery trial, let us in patience possess our souls.