Key Verse: "Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O Lord, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not."
- Jeremiah 14:9 KJV
If the Lord has ever been in our soul to manifest there a
sense of his goodness and mercy, we can then make use of this as our plea,
"Yet you, O Lord, are in the midst of us." If he has ever heard your prayer
he is with you; if he has ever given you a promise he is with you; if he has
ever touched your heart with his finger he is with you; if he has ever
favored you with a smile he is with you. And though taking the general run
of your experience he may be a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man
that turns aside to tarry for a night, or though even as it may seem, as if
he were astonished at what you are--a mighty man that cannot save, still
every token for good encourages you to cling, to cleave, to hang round him,
to catch hold of his feet as the Shunamite caught Elisha by the feet, and
would not be thrust away; for you cannot but feel that, with all that you
are and have been, you dearly love him, and have a good hope, if not a clear
testimony, that he loves you.
Can you not sometimes look up to him, may I not say
almost look at him in the face and say, "Lord, you know all things, you know
that I love you? And though my abominable sins have often made you a
stranger to me, yet in my heart of hearts, in the very depths of my soul you
know that I love you." And if you can look at the Lord in the face, and
appeal to his heart-searching eye that you do love him, depend upon it he
loves you, for the word of truth declares, "We love him because he first
loved us."
Are you Saved?