the Fourth Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
John Gossner's Treasury
They that trust In the Lord shall be as Mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth forever. As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even forever. Psalms 125:1-2. The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. Psalms 34:7.
What a fortress, what a castle! Immovable, firm as Mount Zion, on which stand the temple and the castle of David, stands the Christian who trusts in God. God’s "mountains are round about" him, as round about Jerusalem, yea, the Lord, the Lord Himself, who holds heaven and earth in His hand, is round about him, is round about all who put their trust in Him. And besides, the angels of God, the mighty in power, who ’do His bidding," are round about him as an intrenchment. If the generals of earth trust in their camps, forts, and armies, should not the Christian trust in the power and mercy of the Lord that is round about him on all sides? Should he fear? What a fort, then, is the heart of the Christian! What a camp when several such trusting hearts are congregated and pray, and wage battle together! How terrible to the enemy, how invincible, how dreadful to hell and all the children of darkness! Oh, had we the eyes to see what surrounds the believers, and who it is that lives in them, we should see mountains that no power from hell can move, we should see a castle, a fortress that causes Satan to tremble. For the Lord dwells in the believers. Who shall overpower Him? Who shall overpower the heart, the fort, in which dwells the Most High? the heart surrounded by the Almighty, before which the angels encamp themselves? Beloved, when fear would lay hold of you, when Satan would terrify you, when the enemies threaten you, do not forget Him who is in you, who is greater and stronger than he that is in the world (1 John 4:4). Do not forget Him who is ’’round about" you.
In Thine arms I rest me;
Foes who would molest me
Cannot reach me here;
Though the earth be shaking,
Every heart be quaking;
Jesus calms my fear;
Sin and hell, in conflict fell.
With their bitter storms assail me,
Jesus will not fail me.
