OCTOBER 11
THE
PETITION
Cast me not off in the time of old age;
forsake me not when my strength
faileth.
to your good and gracious God?
What could be so dreadful,
as to be cast off of God?
What should we deprecate so much,
as to be forsaken when our strength fails?
But the Lord will not forsake his people
for his great name’s sake:
because it hath
pleased the Lord
to make them his people.
No,
my aged brother, my aged sister,
the Lord will never cast thee off;
he will
never forsake you.
Yet, you may relieve your mind by thus praying,
and please your God by thus pleading with him,
and please your God by thus pleading with him,
provided you do not suspect his
veracity,
or doubt his faithfulness.
Again the psalmist breathes out his soul,
"Now also when I am old and gray-headed,
O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed
thy strength unto this generation,
and
thy power to every one that is to come."
You see he is panting
to be useful.
He wanted to bear witness for God,
to testify
to his power, faithfulness, and love.
Blessed
be God, he never did forsake an old pilgrim yet!
Blessed be God, he never did neglect an old servant yet!
Many have deserved it;
but he has not dealt with us after our sins,
nor rewarded us
according to our iniquities.
He is faithful to his Word, and cannot lie.
He is of one mind, and who can turn him?
Let
us,
abide at his throne,
hang on his Word,
plead for his presence, and
aim in some feeble way to glorify him; and
abide at his throne,
hang on his Word,
plead for his presence, and
aim in some feeble way to glorify him; and
then we may dismiss all our fears
about his casting us off, or forsaking us.
Then
we may sing, if we have breath enough left,
"God is our refuge and
strength,
a very present help in trouble.
Therefore will not we fear,
though the earth be removed, and
though the mountains be carried
into the midst
of the sea:
The
LORD of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our refuge."
he will be our guide even unto
death. Psalm
48:14
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