July 13

“When I cry unto Thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this 1 know; for Ood is for me.” — Psalm lvi. 9.

SIT is impossible for any human speech to express the I vjK full meaning of this delightful phrase, *God is for „jg “jjg yyas” for us “before the worlds were made; He was” for us,” or He would not have given His well-beloved Son; He was “for us “when He smote the only-begotten, and laid the full weight of His wrath upon Him — He was “for us,” though He was against Him; He jvas “for us “when we were ruined in the fall — He loved as notwithstanding all; He was” for us “when we were rebels against Him, and with a high hand were bidding Him defiance; He was” for us,” or He would not have brought as humbly to seek His face. He has been “for us “in many struggles; we have been summoned to encounter hosts of dangers; we have been assailed by temptations from without and within — how could we have remained unharmed to this hour if He had not been “for us”? He is “for us” mih all the infinity of His being; with all the omnipotence df His love; with all the infallibility of His wisdom; arrayed in all His divine attributes. He is “for us “— eteraally and immutably” for us; “” for us “when yon blue ikies shall be rolled up like a worn-out vesture;” for us “throughout eternity. And because He is” for us,” the voice of prayer will always insure His help. “When I cry unto Thee, then shall mine enemies be turned back.’’ This is no ancertain hope, but a well-grounded assurance — “this 1 know.” I will direct my prayer unto Thee, and will look up /or the answer, assured that it will come, and that mine enemies shall be defeated, “for God is for me.” 0 believer, how happy art thou with the King of kings on thy side How safe with such a Protector! How sure thy cause, pleaded by such an Advocate! If God be for thee, who can be against thee?