DO NOT BE AFRAID
How
wonderful is Christ’s administration in His kingdom of grace. He is
present with all His creatures—but in a special manner with His own
people—each of whom are monuments of His saving power. For He finds
them all in a state of rebellion and enmity—and makes them His
willing people. From the moment that He reveals His love to them—He
espouses their cause, and takes all their concerns into His own
hands. He is near and attentive to every one of them—as if there
were only that one.
This high and lofty One, who inhabits eternity, before whom the angels veil their faces—condescends to hold communion with those whom men despise. He passes by the kings and the princes—to manifest Himself to a humble soul in a mud-walled cottage. He ...comforts them when in trouble, strengthens them when weak, makes their beds in sickness, revives them when fainting, and upholds them when falling.
He so wisely and effectually manages for them, that, though they are persecuted and tempted, though their enemies are many and mighty—nothing is able to separate them from His love.
We shall find Him, in all situations—to be our sun, shield, and exceeding great reward! He says to all of His children, “But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and He that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art Mine. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Savior” [ISAIAH 43:1-3].
This high and lofty One, who inhabits eternity, before whom the angels veil their faces—condescends to hold communion with those whom men despise. He passes by the kings and the princes—to manifest Himself to a humble soul in a mud-walled cottage. He ...comforts them when in trouble, strengthens them when weak, makes their beds in sickness, revives them when fainting, and upholds them when falling.
He so wisely and effectually manages for them, that, though they are persecuted and tempted, though their enemies are many and mighty—nothing is able to separate them from His love.
We shall find Him, in all situations—to be our sun, shield, and exceeding great reward! He says to all of His children, “But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and He that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art Mine. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Savior” [ISAIAH 43:1-3].
–Gospel report by preacher John Newton (1725 – 1807 A.D.)
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