8. Trust in him at all times. Faith is
an abiding duty, a perpetual privilege. We should trust when we can see, as
well as when we are utterly in the dark. Adversity is a fit season for faith;
but prosperity is not less so. God at all times deserves our confidence. A day
without trust is a day of wrath, even if it be a day of mirth. Ye people, pour out your heart before him. You to whom his love is revealed, reveal
yourselves to him. His heart is set on you; lay bare your hearts to him. Turn
the vessel of your soul upside down in his secret presence, and let your inmost
thoughts, desires, sorrows, and sins be poured out like water. Let the Lord be
your only father-confessor, for he only can absolve you when he has heard your
confession. To keep our griefs to ourselves is to hoard up wretchedness. The
stream will swell and rage if you dam it up; give it a clear course, and it
leaps along and creates no alarm. Sympathy we need, and if we unload our hearts
at Jesus’ feet, we shall obtain a sympathy as practical as it is sincere. God is a refuge for us. Whatever he may be to others, his own people have an
especial heritage in him; here then is the best of reasons for resorting to him
whenever sorrows weigh upon us. Prayer is especially the duty of those to whom
the Lord has specially revealed himself as their defense. Selah.
Precious pause! Sheep may well lie down when such pasture is before them.
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