CHRIST'S LOVE & FAVOR IS EVER TOWARDS HIS PEOPLE
"My grace is sufficient for thee: for My strength is made perfect in thy weakness." —II Corinthians 12:9 [KJV] Spiritual conflicts with the enemy of souls are the lot of all God's children. Holy Paul was under deep and afflicting distress of soul. Satan the adversary assaulted him very powerfully. He groaned under it; he frequently besought Jesus that this grievous and painful messenger of Satan might be made to depart from him, and that his conflict might be at an end. O, what distressing exercises God's children undergo from the enemy! The hearts of such only know the bitterness thereof. But is the Captain of their salvation regardless of them? Is He deaf to their prayers when they call on Him? No: He ever hears, He always answers in love. But did the Lord grant His dear servant's request? No; then the design of love would not have been answered. Paul was in danger of being "exalted above measure." This was to be prevented. He was &