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Daily Devotionals
John Gossner's Treasury
Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity. Psalms 141:9. O Lord, thou shalt preserve them. Psalms 12:7. And they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the Lord. And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible. Jeremiah 15:20-21.
Though sin, or the flesh, or the world, or Satan, or all these wicked and proud forces together, assail you, lay snares and spread nets before you, you shall, nevertheless, be preserved if you only will; you shall be snatched out and rescued by the hand of the Lord. But you must be in His hand and not fight against the enemies with your own fists. You must, as it were, take your heart in your hand and bring it to the Savior, place it in His hand, let it remain therein, and every day and hour see whether it still remains there or not. If your heart rests in the hand of the Lord; if you constantly take your heart to Him and place it in His hand, then shall you stand firmly against all the onslaughts of the enemy, unconquerable in all temptations; even your worst enemy, Satan, shall be unable to destroy your soul, it being in the hand of the Lord. Outside of that hand you are like a ball to the world, the devil and the flesh; you will re-enter the old course which you learned to abhor long ago, and once more be overcome by the enemy, whom you think you have conquered and become a slave of your former sins. In the hand of the Lord you are unassailable! It holds you in a secret and wonderful way, even when you seem to succumb. If you are already in the claws of the devil, grasp the hand of the Lord; it shall snatch you out and deliver you from the powers of the enemies.
If God Himself be for me,
I may a host defy;
For when I pray, before me
My foes confounded fly.
If Christ, the Head, befriend me.
If God be my support.
The mischief they intend me
Shall quickly come to naught.
