MY CASE IS IN THE HANDS OF GOD...

I pray every Christian here to read the text, and take it in the singular, and not as we sang it just now-"Our times are in thy hand, Whatever they may be, Pleasing or painful, dark or bright, As best may seem to thee. "We find it in the psalm; my times are in thy hand." This does not exclude the whole body of the saints enjoying this safety together; but, after all, truth is sweetest when each man tastes the flavor of it for himself. Come, let each man take to himself this doctrine of the supreme appointment of God, and believe that it stands true as to his own case, my times are in thy hand." The wings of the cherubim cover me. The Lord Jesus loved me, and gave himself for me, and my times are in those hands which were nailed to the cross for my redemption. What will be the effect of such a faith, if it be clear, personal, and enduring? This shall be our subject at this season. May the Holy Spirit help us! A clear conviction that our times are in the hand of God will create within us a sense of the nearness of God. If the hand of God is laid upon all our surroundings, God himself is near us. Our Puritanical fathers walked with God the more readily because they believed in God...