9. I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? Faith is allowed to inquire of her God the causes of his displeasure,
and she is even permitted to expostulate with him and put him in mind of his
promises, and ask why apparently they are not fulfilled. If the Lord be indeed
our refuge, when we find no refuge, it is time to be raising the question, “Why is this?” Yet we must not let go
our hold; the Lord must be my rock still. Why go I mourning becauseof the oppression of the enemy? Surely God can have no pleasure in seeing
the faces of his servants stained and squalid with their tears; he can find no
content in the harshness with which their foes assail them. How can the strong
God, who is as firm and abiding as a rock, be also as hard and unmoved as a
rock towards those who trust in him? Such inquiries humbly pressed often afford
relief to the soul. To know the reason for sorrow is in part to know how to
escape it, or at least to endure it. Lack of attentive consideration often
makes adversity appear to be more mysterious and hopeless than it really is. It
is a pitiable thing for anyone to have a limb amputated, but when we know that
the operation was needful in order to save life, we are glad to hear that it
has been successfully performed.
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