Argue from the Past – Alistair Begg
The thought in David's heart at this time was a false thought,
because he certainly had no ground for thinking that God's anointing him by
Samuel was intended to be left as an empty, unmeaning act. On no occasion had
the Lord deserted His servant; he had often been placed in perilous positions,
but not one instance had occurred in which divine intervention had not
delivered him. The trials to which he had been exposed had been varied; they
had not assumed one form only, but many-yet in every case He who sent the trial
had also graciously ordained a way of escape. David could not put his finger on
any entry in his diary and say of it, "Here is evidence that the Lord will
forsake me," for the entire course of his past life proved the very
reverse. He should have argued from what God had done for him that God would be
his defender still.
But is it not in the same way that we doubt God's help? Is it
not mistrust without a cause? Have we ever had the shadow of a
reason to doubt our Father's goodness? Hasn't His loving-kindness been
marvelous? Has He ever once failed to justify our trust? Our God has never left
us at any time. We have had dark nights, but the star of love has shone out
amid the blackness; we have been in tough battles, but over our head He has
held high the shield of our defense. We have gone through many trials but never
to our detriment, always to our advantage; and the conclusion from our past
experience is that He who has been with us in six troubles will not forsake us
in the seventh.
What we have known of our faithful God proves that He will keep us
to the end. Let us not, then, reason contrary to the evidence. How can we ever
be so ungenerous as to doubt our God? Lord, throw down the Jezebel of our
unbelief, and let the dogs devour it.
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