I will not let thee go except thou bless me. Genesis 32:12. Forsake me not, O Lord, O my God. Psalms 38:22. Divine answer. Behold I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou guest, for I will not leave thee until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of. Genesis 28:15. I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight. Exodus 33:12. I will never leave thee nor forsake thee. Hebrews 13:5.
God will have me to be faithful, and should not he be so himself? Am I to trust in his word; then surely he will not forsake me, but be as good as his word. Heaven and earth must pass away, but his word will not. He is ever faithful. If I do not believe this, I believe no God at all: but if I truly believe him to be faithful, I believe enough. This is what he only desires, and if I really do, my faith will not be moved even in the hottest trials; the word will hold me up, though I receive it even in weakness.
Begin, my tongue some heavenly theme,
And speak some boundless thing,
The mighty works or mightier name
Of our eternal King.
Proclaim salvation from the Lord
For wretched dying men;
His hand has writ the sacred word
With an immortal pen.
Engraved, as in eternal brass,
The mighty promise shines;
Nor can the powers of darkness erase
Those everlasting lines.