“For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed: but my
kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my
peace be removed, saith the Lord, that hath mercy on thee.”—Isaiah liv.
10.
What a rest is here for a poor redeemed sinner to stand firm upon, in
time, and to all eternity! Well may lie cry out concerning Jesus, and
his great salvation in him, “He is a rock, and his work is perfect.”
Yes, yes, thou Lord God of my salvation: thou art my dwelling-place in
all generations. My soul, look all around thee, look within thee, look
everywhere about thee. Search, behold, examine diligently, what else
will or can afford thee any security. And think what a dying world it
is in which thou art dwelling, or rather travelling through. What
friend, what brother, what child, what relation, can give thee help of
soul, or even of body, when thou most shalt need it? Think what a day,
a week, an hour, may bring forth! Amidst all these changes, is Jesus
thine? Doth he tell thee, “that though mountains depart, and hills be
removed, his salvation and the Father’s covenant of peace is the same?”
Shout, shout, my soul, and begin the song, which in a dying hour will
only swell louder, “Salvation to God and the Lamb!”
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