“I, even I, am he that
comforteth you: who art thou, that thou
shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and
of the son of man which shall be made as grass;
and forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath
stretched forth the heavens, and laid the
foundations of the earth; and hast feared
continually every day because of the fury of the
oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and
where is the fury of the oppressor?”
Isaiah 51:12, 13
MEN AS MEN; GOD AS GOD
Let the text itself be taken as the portion for
today. There is no need to enlarge upon it.
Trembling one, read it, believe it, feed on it,
and plead it before the Lord. He whom you fear
is only a man after all; while He who promises
to comfort you is God, your Maker, and the
Creator of Heaven and earth. Infinite comfort
more than covers a very limited danger.
“Where is the fury of the oppressor?” It is in
the Lord’s hand. It is only the fury of a dying
creature; fury which will end as soon as the
breath is gone from the nostril. Why, then,
should we stand in awe of one who is as frail as
ourselves?
Let us not dishonor our God
by making a God of puny man.
We can make an idol of a man by rendering to him
excessive fear as well as by paying him
inordinate love. Let us treat men as men, and
God as God; and then we shall go calmly on in
the path of duty, fearing the Lord, and fearing
nobody else.
"Lord
Dictated Them"
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