Morning
Time: 9:34 AM PST
"Underneath are the everlasting arms." --Deuteronomy 33:27
God--the eternal God--is Himself our support at all times, and especially
when we are sinking in deep trouble. There are seasons when the Christian
sinks very low in humiliation. Under a deep sense of his great
sinfulness, he is humbled before God till he scarcely knows how to pray, because
he appears, in his own sight, so worthless. Well, child of God, remember that
when thou art at thy worst and lowest, yet "underneath" thee "are everlasting
arms." Sin may drag thee ever so low, but Christ's great atonement is still
under all. You may have descended into the deeps, but you cannot have fallen so
low as "the uttermost"; and to the uttermost He saves. Again, the Christian
sometimes sinks very deeply in sore trial from without. Every earthly
prop is cut away. What then? Still underneath him are "the everlasting arms." He
cannot fall so deep in distress and affliction but what the covenant grace of an
ever-faithful God will still encircle him. The Christian may be sinking under
trouble from within through fierce conflict, but even then he cannot be
brought so low as to be beyond the reach of the "everlasting arms"--they are
underneath him; and, while thus sustained, all Satan's efforts to harm him avail
nothing.
This assurance of support is a comfort to any weary but earnest worker
in the service of God. It implies a promise of strength for each day, grace for
each need, and power for each duty. And, further, when death comes, the
promise shall still hold good. When we stand in the midst of Jordan, we shall be
able to say with David, "I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me." We shall
descend into the grave, but we shall go no lower, for the eternal arms prevent
our further fall. All through life, and at its close, we shall be upheld by the
"everlasting arms"--arms that neither flag nor lose their strength, for "the
everlasting God fainteth not, neither is weary."