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Ärende: Fear Only God
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Faith's Checkbook  

Charles H. Spurgeon
May 9, 2006

 



May 10 
Fear Only God



"So that we may boldy say, The LORD is my helper, and I will not fear what man
shall do unto me" (Hebrews 13:6). 



Because God will never leave nor forsake us, we may well be content with such
things as we have. Since the LORD is ours, we cannot be left without a friend,
a treasure, and a dwelling place. This assurance may make us feel quite
independent of men. Under such high patronage we do not feel tempted to cringe
before our fellowmen and ask of them permission to call our lives our own; but
what we say we boldly say and defy contradiction. 



He who fears God has nothing else to fear. We should stand in such awe of the
living LORD that all the threats that can be used by the proudest persecutor
should have no more effect upon us than the whistling of the wind. Man in these
days cannot do so much against us as he could when the apostle wrote the verse
at the head of this page. Racks and stakes are out of fashion. Giant Pope
cannot burn the pilgrims now. If the followers of false teachers try cruel
mockery and scorn, we do not wonder at it, for the men of this world cannot
love the heavenly seed. What then? We must bear the world's scorn. It breaks no
bones. God helping us, let us be bold; and when the world rages, let it rage,
but let us not fear it. 





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We are both in the furnace!

("The Marvelous Riches of Savoring Christ, The letters of Ruth Bryan" April 21,
1856)

"He will be like a Refiner and purifier of silver; He will
 purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and
 silver. Then they will present offerings to the Lord in
 righteousness." Malachi 3:3

Well, dear friend, we are both in the furnace! Much,  very much vile dross has
in my case risen up—but my  blessed and patient Refiner sits watching the
process.  Nor does all this dross, hateful as it is, make Him forsake  the work
of His hands. He will have me know a little of  what is in my heart—that I may
know more of what is  in His heart—even love, most invincible, unalterable, 
unquenchable love! Love which endures to the end, amidst  all my wickedness,
and wandering, and ingratitude. It is  indeed astonishing! Into the blessed
depths of this love I  desire to be daily sinking, in all the fresh discoveries
of  my utter worthlessness and vileness—that thus I may  praise Him more who
has redeemed me from it all! 

The Lord does not show us how bad we are to cause  despair—but to show forth
the riches of His grace in  saving us, and to call forth new songs of praise to
Him  who loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own  blood!

Oh, my dear friend, Jesus is worthy to be praised in the  depths as well as in
the heights. He is near, and dear,  and precious in the hour of affliction. In
the path of  tribulation, He gives some of His choicest fruits and  wines—to
revive those who are faint and weary in  the wilderness. 

Oh! may you be helped, yes enabled, "to trust in the Lord  at all times"—not
only when you feel His love and have the  shine of His countenance—but also in
the dark and wintry  day when clouds veil your sky, and sorrow invades your 
soul. "When I am afraid, I will trust in You."



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