19. He brought me forth also into a large place. From the cave of Adullam David mounted to the throne. Sweet is pleasure
after pain. Enlargement is the more delightful after a season of pinching
poverty and sorrowful confinement. Besieged souls delight in the broad fields
of the promise when God drives off the enemy and sets open the gates of the
environed city. The Lord does not leave his work half done, for having routed
the foe he leads out the captive into liberty. Large indeed is the possession
and place of the believer in Jesus; there need be no limit to his peace, for
there is no bound to his privilege. He delivered me, because he delighted inme. Free grace lies at the foundation. Rest assured, if we go deep enough,
sovereign grace is the truth which lies at the bottom of every well of mercy.
Why Jehovah should delight in us is an answerless question, and a mystery which
angels cannot solve; but that he does delight in his beloved is certain, and is
the fruitful root of favors as numerous as they are precious.
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