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Present
Words of Love
by C. H. Spurgeon
December 20
Men as Men; God as God
"I, even I, am He that comforteth
you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of
the son of man which shall be made as grass; and forgettest the LORD thy maker, that
hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast
feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were
ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?"
(Isaiah 51:12-13).
Let the text itself be taken as the portion for
today. There is no need to enlarge upon it. Trembling one, read it, believe it, feed
on it, and plead it before the LORD. He whom you fear is only a man after all; while
He who promises to comfort you is God, your Maker, and the creator of heaven and
earth. Infinite comfort more than covers a very limited danger.
"Where is the fury of the oppressor?" It is in the LORD's hand. It is only
the fury of a dying creature; fury which will end as soon as the breath is gone from
the nostril. Why, then, should we stand in awe of one who is as frail as ourselves?
Let us not dishonor our God by making a god of puny man. We can make an idol of a
man by rendering to him excessive fear as well as by paying him inordinate love.
Let us treat men as men, and God as God; and then we shall go calmly on in the path
of duty, fearing the LORD and fearing nobody else.
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