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Ärende: Peace Whatever Exposure
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       Faith's Checkbook

      Charles H. Spurgeon
      Dec 2, 2006




December 3
Peace Whatever Exposure

"I will make them a Covenant Of Peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease
out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in
the woods" (Ezekiel 34:25).

It is the height of grace that Jehovah should be in covenant with man, a
feeble, sinful, and dying creature. Yet the LORD has solemnly entered into a
faithful compact with us, and from that covenant He will never turn aside. In
virtue of this covenant we are safe. As lions and wolves are driven off by
shepherds, so shall all noxious influences be chased away. The LORD will give
us rest from disturbers and destroyers; the evil beasts shall cease out of the
land. O LORD, make this Thy promise good even now!

The LORD's people are to enjoy security in places of the greatest exposure:
wilderness and woods are to be as pastures and folds to the flock of Christ. If
the LORD does not change the place for the better, He will make us the better
in the place. The wilderness is not a place to dwell in, but the LORD can make
it so; in the woods one feels bound to watch rather than to sleep, and yet the
LORD giveth His beloved sleep even there. Nothing without or within should
cause any fear to the child of God. By faith the wilderness can become the
suburbs of heaven and the woods the vestibule of glory.



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835 112th J. HART
Desertion. Ps. 25. 16, 17; 69. 1, 2; 143. 4


1 Deep in a cold, a joyless cell,
A doleful gulf of gloomy care,
Where dismal doubts and darkness dwell, The dangerous brink of black despair;
Chilled by the icy damps of death,
I feel no firm support of faith.

2 [How can a burdened cripple rise? How can a fettered captive flee?
Ah! Lord, direct my wishful eyes,
And let me look, at least, to thee. Alas! my sinking spirits droop;
I scarce perceive a glimpse of hope.]

3 Extend thy mercy, gracious God;
Thy quickening Spirit vouchsafe to send; Apply the reconciling blood,
And kindly call thy foe thy friend; Or, if rich cordials thou deny,
Let patience comfort’s place supply.

4 Let hope survive, though damped by doubt; Do thou defend my battered shield;
O let me never quite give out;
Help me to keep the bloody field;
Lord, look upon the unequal strife; Delay not, lest I lose my life.


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