Post by Betty on Apr 24, 2005 6:37:36 GMT -5
Title: Thou Wilt Revive Me
"Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt
revive me" (Ps. 138:7).
The Hebrew rendering of the above is "go on in
the center of trouble." What descriptive words!
We have called on God in the day of trouble; we
have pleaded His promise of deliverance but no
deliverance has been given; the enemy has
continued oppressing until we were in the very
thick of the fight, in the center of trouble. Why
then trouble the Master any further?
When Martha said, "Lord, if thou hadst been here
my brother had not died," our Lord met her lack
of hope with His further promise, "Thy brother
shall rise again." And when we walk "in the
center of trouble" and are tempted to think like
Martha that the time of deliverance is past, He
meets us too with a promise from His Word.
"Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt
revive me."
Though His answer has so long delayed, though we
may still continue to "go on" in the midst of
trouble, "the center of trouble" is the place
where He revives, not the place where He fails
us.
When in the hopeless place, the continued
hopeless place, is the very time when He will
stretch forth His hand against the wrath of our
enemies and perfect that which concerneth us, the
very time when He will make the attack to cease
and fail and come to an end. What occasion is
there then for fainting? --Aphra White
"Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt
revive me" (Ps. 138:7).
The Hebrew rendering of the above is "go on in
the center of trouble." What descriptive words!
We have called on God in the day of trouble; we
have pleaded His promise of deliverance but no
deliverance has been given; the enemy has
continued oppressing until we were in the very
thick of the fight, in the center of trouble. Why
then trouble the Master any further?
When Martha said, "Lord, if thou hadst been here
my brother had not died," our Lord met her lack
of hope with His further promise, "Thy brother
shall rise again." And when we walk "in the
center of trouble" and are tempted to think like
Martha that the time of deliverance is past, He
meets us too with a promise from His Word.
"Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt
revive me."
Though His answer has so long delayed, though we
may still continue to "go on" in the midst of
trouble, "the center of trouble" is the place
where He revives, not the place where He fails
us.
When in the hopeless place, the continued
hopeless place, is the very time when He will
stretch forth His hand against the wrath of our
enemies and perfect that which concerneth us, the
very time when He will make the attack to cease
and fail and come to an end. What occasion is
there then for fainting? --Aphra White
