Psa_46:1. God the Refuge of His People<\/p>\n
"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble."’97Psa_46:1.<\/p>\n
This world has often been likened to the sea, ever restless and agitated; liable to storms and tempests, and where myriads have been engulfed and lost forever. The Christian is a spiritual mariner, on this sea he is sailing, and he must cross it before he can reach the haven of eternal rest.<\/p>\n
I. Notice what the Text Implies.<\/p>\n
Now (refuge implies) danger, (strength) weakness. (life of man) trouble.<\/p>\n
1. Danger.<\/p>\n
This is placed frequently before us in the Divine Word; he is in danger from the wicked one, from ungodly men, from evils of his nature. He is a pilgrim, exposed to the thieves and robbers; he is a mariner, exposed to pirates; he is a soldier, exposed to hostile foes. Now this danger is the lot of all God’s people, and it is coexistent with the Christian’s life; it is incessant and perpetual danger.<\/p>\n
2. Weakness.<\/p>\n
Now this weakness has been felt and confessed by the most pious and devout; the more grace we possess, the more it will be experienced; a sense of it is indispensable to safety "When I am weak," &c. Christ clearly taught it, "Without me," &c. We find it when,<\/p>\n
(1) Great duties are to be performed<\/p>\n
(2) Great sacrifices made.<\/p>\n
(3) Great temptations resisted.<\/p>\n
3. Trouble.<\/p>\n
Man is born to it. Good men have their peculiar ones; "It is through much tribulation," &c. "Many are the afflictions," &c.; grace does not exempt the mind under its influences.<\/p>\n
II. What the Text affirms.<\/p>\n
1. God is our refuge in danger.<\/p>\n
"The name of the Lord is a strong tower," &c.; "He is the fortress and garrison;" the haven in time of storm. As a refuge he is all-sufficient; As the walls were round, &c.; "Wall of fire," &c.; "Who shall harm," &c.; "If God be for us," &c.<\/p>\n
2. God is our strength in weakness.<\/p>\n
He fortifies the mind; he gives energy and power to the soul; in him we have ability for all things; "I can do all things," &c. This is according to his promise. "I will strengthen," &c.; "he giveth power," &c.<\/p>\n
3. God is our help in trouble.<\/p>\n
(1) He helps us to bear them.<\/p>\n
(2) He helps us out of them,’97delivers us.<\/p>\n
(3) He sanctifies them unto us, makes them yield real good; "All things," &c. Now God is a "present help," help new when we need him.<\/p>\n
Application<\/p>\n
1. Learn the importance of self-renunciation.<\/p>\n
2. Constantly depend upon God.<\/p>\n
3. How wretched the state of the ungodly amid the afflictions of this life!<\/p>\n
Autor: JABEZ BURNS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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