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Psalm 11
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David's struggle with, and triumph over a strong temptation to distrust
God, and betake himself to indirect means for his own safety, in a time of
danger.
Those that truly fear God and serve him, are welcome to put their trust in
him. The psalmist, before he gives an account of his temptation to distrust God,
records his resolution to trust in Him, as that by which he was resolved to live
and die. The believer, though not terrified by his enemies, may be tempted, by
the fears of his friends, to desert his post, or neglect his work. They perceive
his danger, but not his security; they give him counsel that savours of worldly
policy, rather than of heavenly wisdom. The principles of religion are the
foundations on which the faith and hope of the righteous are built. We are
concerned to hold these fast against all temptations to unbelief; for believers
would be undone, if they had not God to go to, God to trust in, and future bliss
to hope for. The prosperity of wicked people in their wicked, evil ways, and the
straits and distresses which the best men are sometimes brought into, tried
David's faith. We need not say, Who shall go up to heaven, to fetch us thence a
God to trust in? The word is nigh us, and God in the word; his Spirit is in his
saints, those living temples, and the Lord is that Spirit. This God governs the
world. We may know what men seem to be, but God knows what they are, as the
refiner knows the value of gold when he has tried it. God is said to try with
his eyes, because he cannot err, or be imposed upon. If he afflicts good people,
it is for their trial, therefore for their good. However persecutors and
oppressors may prosper awhile, they will for ever perish. God is a holy God, and
therefore hates them. He is a righteous Judge, and will therefore punish them.
In what a horrible tempest are the wicked hurried away at death! Every man has
the portion of his cup assigned him. Impenitent sinner, mark your doom! The last
call to repentance is about to be addressed to you, judgement is at hand;
through the gloomy shade of death you pass into the region of eternal wrath.
Hasten then, O sinner, to the cross of Christ. How stands the case between God
and our souls? Is Christ our hope, our consolation, our security? Then, not
otherwise, will the soul be carried through all its difficulties and conflicts.
Psalm 11:
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