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Daily Devotionals
John Gossner's Treasury
I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. Psalms 34:4. For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper. Psalms 72:12.
Ask the ancients, ask all who have ever been in tribulation and temptation, in need and anxiety, if the Lord has not delivered, comforted and blessed them when they put all their trust in Him, and when they cried perseveringly unto Him, What does David, the tried and afflicted soldier of God, say? Ask him. He answers through His psalms and assures you that the Lord is faithful, merciful and gracious; that He hears and grants the prayers and supplications of the poor and forsaken, the tempted and the afflicted, no matter what their affliction may be; that He delivers and strengthens them; in short, that one can not get into any situation, nor fall into any depth, from which the hand of the Lord, the mighty Benefactor, can not and will not rescue him. Only the prince of darkness or shortsighted reason cause mists to appear before your eyes; your stormy heart raises clouds of dust that blind your sight so that you can not see the saving hand which the Lord stretches out to you. Your fears and half-hearted will hinder you from grasping His hand and holding it fast. But if you do grasp it without heeding Satan, your mistrusting thoughts and all the fancies and objections of unbelief, O how soon and gloriously you will be delivered and how joyously you then shall praise the Lord!
Think not, since thou some cross art bearing,
That God hath turned from thee away;
Or that for those alone He’s caring,
Whom fortune favors every day.
Time, passing by on restless wings.
To each and all great changes brings.
