He shall not be afraid
of evil tidings; his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. Ps. 112:7
Suspense is dreadful.
When we have no news from home, we’re apt to grow anxious and we cannot
be persuaded that ‘no news is good news’.
Faith is the cure for this condition of sadness: the Lord by His Spirit
settles the mind in holy serenity, and all fear is gone as to the future as
well as the present.
The fixedness of heart spoken of by the Psalmist is to be
diligently sought after. It is not
believing this or that promise of the Lord, but the general condition of the unstaggering
trustfulness in our God, the confidence which we have in Him that He will
neither do us ill Himself, nor suffer anyone else to harm us. This constant confidence meets the unknown as
well as the known of life. Let the
morrow be what it may, our God is the God of tomorrow. Whatever events may have happened which to us
are unknown, our Jehovah is God of the unknown as well as of the known. We are determined to trust the Lord, come
what may. If the very worst should
happen, our God is still the greatest and the best. Therefore will we not fear though the postman’s
knock should startle us, or a telegram wake us at midnight. The Lord liveth, and what can His children fear?
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