122. Be surety for thy servant for good. Answer
for me. Do not leave thy poor servant to die by the hand of his enemy and
thine. Take up my interests and weave them with thine own, and stand for me. As
my Master, undertake thy servant’s cause, and represent me before the faces of
haughty people till they see what an august ally I have in the Lord my God.
Let not
the proud oppress me. When the proud see that
thou art my advocate they will hide their heads. We should have been crushed
beneath our proud adversary the devil if our Lord Jesus had not stood between
us and the accuser, and become a surety for us. It is by his suretyship that we
escape like a bird from the snare of the fowler. What a blessing to be able to
leave our matters in our Surety’s hands, knowing that all will be well, since
he has an answer for every accuser, a rebuke for every reviler.
Good
people dread oppression, and they send up their cries to heaven for
deliverance; nor shall they cry in vain, for the Lord will undertake the cause
of his servants, and fight their battles against the proud.
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