Psalm 119:49
Whatever
your especial need may be, you may readily find some promise in the
Bible suited to it. Are you faint and feeble because your way is rough
and you are weary? Here is the promise--"He giveth power to the faint."
When you read such a promise, take it back to the great Promiser, and
ask him to fulfil his own word. Are you seeking after Christ, and
thirsting for closer communion with him? This promise shines like a star
upon you--"Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness,
for they shall be filled." Take that promise to the throne continually;
do not plead anything else, but go to God over and over again with
this--"Lord, thou hast said it, do as thou hast said." Are you
distressed because of sin, and burdened with the heavy load of your
iniquities? Listen to these words--"I, even I, am he that blotteth out
thy transgressions, and will no more remember thy sins." You have no
merit of your own to plead why he should pardon you, but plead his
written engagements and he will perform them. Are you afraid lest you
should not be able to hold on to the end, lest, after having thought
yourself a child of God, you should prove a castaway? If that is your
state, take this word of grace to the throne and plead it: "The
mountains may depart, and the hills may be removed, but the covenant of
my love shall not depart from thee." If you have lost the sweet sense of
the Saviour's presence, and are seeking him with a sorrowful heart,
remember the promises: "Return unto me, and I will return unto you;"
"For a small moment have I forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I
gather thee." Banquet your faith upon God's own word, and whatever your
fears or wants, repair to the Bank of Faith with your Father's note of
hand, saying, "Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast
caused me to hope."Charles Spurgeon
Remember my plea oh Lord, help my heart to be true and noble before You. Guide my steps in righteousness.
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