8. And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy. To be shut up in one’s hand is to be delivered over absolutely to his
power; now, the believer is not in the hand of death or the devil, much less is
he in the power of man. The enemy may get a temporary advantage over us, but we
are like men in prison with the door open; God will not let us be shut up, he
always provides a way of escape. Thou hast set my feet in a large room.
Blessed be God for liberty: civil liberty is valuable, religious liberty is
precious, spiritual liberty is priceless. In all troubles we may praise God if
these are left. Many saints have had their greatest enlargements of soul when
their affairs have been in the greatest straits. Their souls have been in a
large room when their bodies have been lying in some narrow dungeon. Grace has
been equal to every emergency; and more than this, it has made the emergency an
opportunity for displaying itself.
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