HH, Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div

“When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.” Jonah 2:7

When my soul faints within me, I will remember my Lord. That memory is the best of medicines and remedies.

For instance, I will remember His precious promises. Those gracious words of His — every one of them His strong and unfaltering “Yes” in Christ Jesus — they are stars of Heaven kindled for my comfort in the darkest night. They are as countless as the stars and as bright and full of cheer.

And I will remember His mighty deeds. I am not by any means the first pilgrim to pass through the Valley of the Shadow of Death. Multitudes have been in its gloom and peril before me, and each of them He has delivered out of his distresses. Me, too, He will bless and keep. For me, He will do as much as for those who have gone this way before.

And I will remember His glorious attributes. God is infinite, eternal, and unchangeable — in His being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth! What a crowd of shining perfections I have here! And they are all enlisted on my side; they are all my strong defenders and allies.

And I will remember His experience. For, strange — yet blessed truth — my God has been out in the loneliness before me. He has drained a far bitterer cup than mine. But today He wears the crown that will never fade. And He has said that I am to follow Him through sorrow to glory, through death to eternal life!

“When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the Lord.” Jonah 2:7