Provided courtesy of Holly Dye @ Refocusing Our Eyes blog
Where can you find that God has ever failed to keep a promise, or that He ever lied to the soul that depended on Him? He calls on blind folk to trust Him, even though they walk in darkness and have no light (Isaiah 50:10). Those who flee to Him for refuge, have His promise and oath for their salvation.
Why should we despair, when we have a God of mercy and a redeeming living Christ! We live in a world that is swarming with promises, where mercy is revealed, where grace reigns, and where the greatest of sinners are privileged with the first offer of mercy. To despair in the face of all this would be to not appreciate Christ’s offer of grace. Despair undervalues the Father’s strength and the Son’s redemption.
Despair is unreasonable!
Despair sets humanity up as God’s judge; it tries to take control of the promise; it contradicts Christ’s offer of mercy; and it makes doubt the administrator of our reason and judgment, when it comes to determining what God is capable of doing and what He is willing to do.
Despair! It is the devil’s friend, the devil’s master. It forged the chains that hold him captive in the darkness forever. Why would we choose to give way to despair when we live in a land that flows with milk and honey?
Say to your soul,
“This is not the place nor the time for despair. As long as my eyes can find a promise in the Bible, as long as I have life and breath, I will wait for mercy, I will fight against doubt and despair.”
This is the way to honor God and Christ; this is the way to crown the promise; this is the way to welcome both the invitation and the inviter; and this is the way to thrust yourself under grace’s sheltering protection.
Never despair, so long as the Bible lives.