2. Send thee help from the sanctuary. Out of
heaven’s sanctuary came the angel to strengthen our Lord, and from the precious
remembrance of God’s doings in his sanctuary our Lord refreshed himself when on
the tree. There is no help like that which is of God’s sending, and no
deliverance like that which comes out of his sanctuary. The sanctuary to us is
the person of our blessed Lord, who was typified by the temple, and is the true
sanctuary which God has pitched, and not man: let us fly to the cross for
shelter in all times of need and help will be sent to us. People of the world
seek help out of the armory, or the treasury, or the pantry, but we turn to the
sanctuary. And strengthen thee out of Zion. Out of the assemblies of the
pleading saints who had for ages prayed for their Lord, help might well result
to the despised sufferer, for praying breath is never spent in vain. To the
Lord’s mystical body the richest good comes in answer to the pleadings of his
saints assembled for holy worship as his Zion. Nothing can give such strength
as waiting upon God in the assemblies of his people.
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