Micah 7:7 Therefore I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. Faith is "the victory that overcometh the world." God is the object of that faith; His Word is the ground upon which it rests, and confidence and peace and assurance forever are its invariable fruits. When confiding in God, the soul intrenches itself in God; it is unassailable from within or from without; it can triumph over the most adverse circumstances, and cling to the everlasting rock amidst the swellings of the angriest sea. Nothing ought at any time to shake our confidence in God. No ground for distrust in God can possibly exist. It is well, when faith's trial comes, to be prepared with some great standard truth to which we may hold fast under all circumstances. The whole teaching of Scripture assures us that confidence in God cannot be misplaced — cannot be disappointed. I. THE SOUL'S CONFIDENCE GROUNDED UPON DEITY — UPON WHAT GOD IS. This is the highest of all grounds for confidence, — what God is in Himself, irrespective of all other considerations whatsoever. There is no deficiency of resources in Him; God is all-sufficiency. No want of inclination in Him; He is all goodness. All His attributes attest Him to be altogether qualified for the supply of our need, and His promises absolutely pledge Him to supply the need of all those who seek unto Him. II. THE SOUL'S CONFIDENCE IS HERE GROUNDED ON RELATIONSHIP TO GOD. "My God will hear me." It is the province of faith to appropriate God, as much as it is the province of faith to believe in His existence. The only revelation God gives us of Himself in His Word has reference to the offices He sustains for His people, and the relation He bears to poor sinners. III. THE SOUL'S CONFIDENCE IS FOUNDED ALSO ON THE PROMISE, "My God will hear me." It is not a question, Will God hear me? "My God will hear me." The same word in the Hebrew that signifies God hears, signifies also God answers. Whensoever we call, God will hear. Howsoever we call, God will hear. A look is a prayer; a desire is a prayer. And there is the personal element in the assurance — "the Lord will hear me." (Marcus Rainsford.) Parallel Verses KJV: Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.WEB: But as for me, I will look to Yahweh. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me. |
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