11. Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? This is grand faith which can trust the Lord even when he seems to have
cast us off. Some can barely trust him when he pampers them, and yet David
relied upon him when Israel seemed under a cloud and the Lord had hidden his
face. And wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts? Canst thou
forever leave thy people to be overthrown by thine enemies? The sweet singer is
sure that Edom will be captured, because he cannot and will not believe that
God will refrain from going forth with the armies of his chosen people. When we
ask ourselves, “Who will be the means of
our obtaining a promised blessing?” we need
not be discouraged if we perceive no secondary agent, for we may then fall back
upon the great Promiser himself, and believe that he himself will perform his
word unto us. If no one else will lead us into Edom, the Lord himself will do
it, if he had promised it. Or if there must be visible instruments he will use our hosts, feeble as they are. We need not that any new agency should be
created; God can strengthen our present hosts and enable them to do all that is
needed.
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