SIMPLE FAITH

HH, Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div

“And Asa cried unto the Lord his God, and said, Lord, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O Lord our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O Lord, thou art our God; let no man prevail against thee.” 2 Chronicles 14:11

Simple faith is fearless. Its strength is as the strength of ten, though it has to do battle against a world in arms; for it sees the invisible God hastening to its support. Lord, increase my faith, in order that, when I am face to face with the fury of the tempest and the pride of the adversary, I may know that You are nearer still.

Big battalions are helpless. God must be behind the army and the fleet, or they will avail nothing. If He is against them, a little thing will abase all their glitter and power. Lord, show me where my true success and prosperity are to be found — in You and not in the arm of flesh or the resource of man.

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CONFLICT OF INTEREST

Child-like prayer is invincible. It summons to my weakness — the wisdom and holiness and might and truth of the Most High God. Lord, teach me to find in prayer a trusty weapon when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against me.

God’s intervention is real. Less quietly and less startlingly than in the age of miracle — but not a whit less effectively, He will interpose for my deliverance. His arm is not shortened in these later years of the Church, nor has His ear grown heavy. Lord, whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You.

There are noble and beautiful souls who have walked much in the gloom — often their life seemed to them “but as an arrow flying in the dark.” But, because I have such a God, and because He is all my own, let me put sadness away and array myself in joy.