The True Remedy # 2

The True Remedy # 2

In every time of trial, in every season of darkness, in every severe conflict - turn then to the Lord's Word, and with David say, "The Lord Almighty is with us, the God of Jacob is our refuge, therefore will we not fear!" Or, "The lord is my light and my salvation - whom shall I fear?" This is the only true remedy!

3. Another soul-disorder is ANXIOUS CARE. Worry or anxiety is prohibited by the gospel, because it is injurious to us, and reflects badly upon the care and kindness of God. Yet we, like Martha - are anxious and troubled about many things. We lose sight of the fact that God is our Father, and as such is engaged to provide for us. We forget that we are in our Father's world, are living under our Father's eye, are fed by our Father's hand, and that our interests lie near our Father's heart!

The true remedy for anxious care is to realize daily,  and every hour of every day that the Lord cares for us, that He knows where we are, and what we are, that He has fixed the bounds of our habitation, that His feeding the sparrows is a proof that He will never neglect His children.

Anxiety! As a believer in Jesus, as a child of God - about what should I be anxious?

God is my Father, and He loves me - loves me just as He loves Jesus.

He cares for me - cares for me as much as He cared for the apostle Paul.

He watches over me, as a tender mother watches over her precious infant.

He keeps me - keeps me as the apple of His eye; and lest anything should hurt me, He will keep me night and day. He bids me cast every care upon Him. He exhorts me not to worry about anything - but in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, to let my requests be made known unto Him.

This is the true remedy for care: to live close and intimate fellowship with God, and cast all my cares upon Him as they come in; to live realizing the fact, that I am the object of the constant, tender, loving care of God - that my God cares for me, for my best interests, for my everlasting welfare. Yes, this is the only true remedy!

4. Another soul-disorder is SPIRITUAL WEAKNESS. This we deeply and daily feel. When we look at our duties, on our foes, on our difficulties - we feel at times almost overwhelmed. We are not sufficient of ourselves so much as to think a holy thought; and yet... the old man is to be crucified, satan is to be conquered, the world is to be overcome, the journey through a waste howling wilderness is to be completed, and the crown is to be won before we wear it.

But there is a remedy for our weakness; it is union to Jesus. When united to Jesus His wisdom becomes ours, His righteousness becomes ours, His strength becomes ours; His fullness is placed against our emptiness; His wealth is placed against our poverty; His strength is placed against our weakness.

Our needs are to drive us to His fullness; our weakness is to cause us to lean upon His arm; and our sense of nothingness to make Him all in all.

If I am one with Christ - all that He has is mine!

Let us, then, seek daily to realize our union to Christ - that we are members of His body; and let us obtain mercy and grace from Him to help us in time of need. Then our weakness will endear His strength, increase our dependence, stimulate us to earnest fervent prayer, and glorify the riches of His free grace.

This is the only true remedy!

~James Smith~

(The End)