LET us think of this, whenever we are cast down on account of our weakness, or the difficulties we meet with in our way. We are weak, but Jesus is strong; and His strength is made perfect in our weakness. He has given us His word, that He will work in us to will and to do of His own good pleasure. He speaks, and it is done. The word of the Lord knows no obstacles or difficulties; all things must obey Him. When He sent Moses to Pharaoh, He said, "Certainly I will be with thee:" and the Lord's presence was his strength. He acts just so with us; His fullness is our sufficiency; it is opened to us in Jesus, and we receive from it according to our wants, weakness, and faith. "Through God, " said David, "I shall do valiantly." "I can do all things," said Paul, "through Christ strengthening me." Look not then at your own emptiness, or weakness; but look at what God is to His people, and what He has promised to give them, and sing, "OUR SUFFICIENCY IS OF GOD." "God is our refuge and strength; and as our days so shall our strength be." "His grace is sufficient for us; His strength is made perfect in weakness."
When we cannot see our way, We should trust, and still obey; He who bids us forward go Will instruct the way to know.
Written by James Smith for his own flock around 1840, but such was the demand that by 1846 over thirty thousand copies where in circulation.
James Smith was a predecessor of Charles Spurgeon at New Park Street Chapel in London from 1841-1850. He also ministered with great blessing in Cheltenham. His devotional, The Believer's Daily Remembrancer, subtitled Pastor's Morning and Evening Visit, was very popular in its own day, and has received a new lease of life through recent republication.
LET us think of this, whenever we are cast down on account of our weakness, or the difficulties we meet with in our way. We are weak, but Jesus is strong; and His strength is made perfect in our weakness. He has given us His word, that He will work in us to will and to do of His own good pleasure. He speaks, and it is done. The word of the Lord knows no obstacles or difficulties; all things must obey Him. When He sent Moses to Pharaoh, He said, "Certainly I will be with thee:" and the Lord's presence was his strength. He acts just so with us; His fullness is our sufficiency; it is opened to us in Jesus, and we receive from it according to our wants, weakness, and faith. "Through God, " said David, "I shall do valiantly." "I can do all things," said Paul, "through Christ strengthening me." Look not then at your own emptiness, or weakness; but look at what God is to His people, and what He has promised to give them, and sing, "OUR SUFFICIENCY IS OF GOD." "God is our refuge and strength; and as our days so shall our strength be." "His grace is sufficient for us; His strength is made perfect in weakness."
When we cannot see our way, We should trust, and still obey; He who bids us forward go Will instruct the way to know.