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God’s Eternal Pledge, August 12
He hath remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded
to a thousand generations.
Psalm 105:8
.
God stands back of every promise He has made. With your Bibles in your
hands, say: “I have done as Thou hast said. I present Thy promise, ‘Ask, and it
shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you’
(
Matthew 7:7
).” ...
The rainbow about the throne is an assurance that God is true; that in Him is
no variableness, neither shadow of turning. We have sinned against Him and are
undeserving of His favor; yet He Himself has put into our lips that most wonderful
of pleas: “Do not abhor us, for thy name’s sake, do not disgrace the throne of
thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us” (
Jeremiah 14:21
). He has
pledged Himself to give heed to our cry when we come to Him confessing our
unworthiness and sin. The honor of His throne is staked for the fulfillment of His
word to us.
To everyone who offers himself to the Lord for service, withholding nothing,
is given power for the attainment of measureless results. The Lord God is bound
by an eternal pledge to supply power and grace to everyone who is sanctified
through obedience to the truth.
Nehemiah pressed into the presence of the King of kings and won to his side a
power that can turn hearts as rivers of waters are turned. [See
Nehemiah 1 and 2
.]
To pray as Nehemiah prayed in his hour of need is a resource at the command of
the Christian under circumstances when other forms of prayer may be impossible.
Toilers in the busy walks of life, crowded and almost overwhelmed with perplexity,
can send up a petition to God for divine guidance.... In times of sudden difficulty
or peril the heart may send up its cry for help to One who has pledged Himself to
come to the aid of His faithful, believing ones whenever they call upon Him. In
every circumstance, under every condition, the soul weighed down with grief and
care, or fiercely assailed by temptation, may find assurance, support, and succor
in the unfailing love and power of a covenant-keeping God.
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