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Devotional: August 15th

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I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. Psalms 37:25. We are persecuted, but not forsaken. 2 Corinthians 4:9. For the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake. 1 Samuel 12:22.

David had seen and experienced much in the world, but he had not seen that God had forsaken or withdrawn His hand from any one who trusted in Him. He says, ’’Many are the afflictions of the righteous. " This, however, is not the same as being"forsaken" by God, but rather the same as being loved and visited by God; and he adds, "The Lord delivereth him out of them all" (Psalms 34:19). When he was in such a strait that he nowhere could discover any comfort, he said, "My hope is in Thee" (Psalms 39:7). It is a false way of thinking and speaking when, from the afflictions and persecutions which God permits to come upon us, we draw the conclusion that He has forsaken us. On the contrary. He has thereby visited us. Such ordeals should be to us a proof that God thinks of us. It is especially in afflictions and persecutions that we perceive Him the most. His presence, His wonderful help and mediation. We ought rather say, The Lord has forgotten me and forsaken me when I am not persecuted nor afflicted. Ask one who is afflicted and persecuted in Christ, if God has ever been nearer to him than when men and devils were against him and fell upon him in rage. When all men, friends as well as enemies, rise against us, when our father and mother forsake us, then the Lord takes us up, as is written in Psalms 27:10. This psalm shows how he who is persecuted and forsaken by men feels when he knows that the Lord is near and His light shines for him.

Whatever the burden be,

The cross upon me laid,

Or want or shame, I look to Thee;

Be Thou, O Christ, my Aid.

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