DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
O LORD God, the strength and the hope of your people, we would approach your through Jesus Christ your Son, with notes of thanksgiving; for we are not ashamed of our hope, neither has our confidence led us into confusion. We have proven it to be true, that they that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, which can never be moved, which abides forever. We trusted in you with regard to our innumerable sins, and you have cast them behind your back.
We trusted in you, yes, we trusted in you when many evils compassed us about, and we were sore beset with temptation, and you brought us out into a wealthy place: you did set our feet upon a rock and establish our goings (Psalm 40:2). We trusted in you, alas! Too feebly, in the hour of our distress when we were troubled exceedingly with earthly things, still you did not fail us, though our faith trembled: though we believed not you did abide faithful.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“He brought me up from a desolate pit, out of the muddy clay, and set my feet on a rock, making my steps secure.” (Psalm 40:2)
David sings of the Lord’s bringing him up from a pit that was horribly deep, dark, and damp, with mud at the bottom that would cause one to sink. What a wonderful bringing up this was, and, as God never does anything by halves, he did not let his servant slip back again, for David added, “And set my feet on a rock.” When God sets someone’s feet, those feet are well set. There is no sliding, no slipping. And more than that, God established his steps—made them firm so that when he stirred he did not stumble.
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