G O D I S F A I T H F U L

 

June 22

 

I Corinthians 10:13  

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is 

common to man: but God is faithful, 

who will not suffer you to be tempted 

above that ye are able; but will with the temptation 

also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. 

 
This is the believers sheet anchor; without this his comfort with droop, and hope would give up the ghost.
 
We are at times shaken to pieces by unbelief, and filled with tormenting doubts.
 
We feel nothing of the presence, power, or comforts of the Holy Ghost; faith, hope, and love seem to be quite extinguished.
 
We have no power and scarcely any inclination to pray; and we only feel hardness, fretfulness, and misery.
 
We are tempted by Satan, and harassed with tormenting thoughts, so that we feel tired of this miserable life.
 
But God is faithful; He never fails us; but appears again and again, restoring us to peace, joy, and satisfaction; and our most miserable times are often succeeded by particular joys.
 
The Scriptures are opened up to our understanding, the promises are applied to our souls, and we are  filled with the comforts of the Holy Ghost.
 
Then our souls melt before God in contrition, and holy penitence; we feel crumbled into dust before Him; and can only admire and adore the riches of free and sovereign grace.
 
Beloved, in the darkest night, remember “God is faithful.“
 
 

He will not His great self deny;

A God all truth can never lie;

True to His word, God gave His Son

To die for crimes which men had done;

Blest pledge! He never will revoke

A single promise He has spoke.

 
James Smith