Isaiah 26:16 LORD, in trouble have they visited you, they poured out a prayer when your chastening was on them. It is a blessed loss that makes us find our God! What we gain is in. finitely more than what we have lost. What a mercy that God is willing to hear us in the time of trouble, that all our putting off and rejection of Him do not make Him put us off! I remember one who wished to hire a conveyance to go to a certain town, and he went to the place where he could hire it, and asked the price; he thought that it was too much, so he went round the town to other people, and found that he could not get it any cheaper; but when he came back to the place visited first, the man said to him, "Oh, no, no! I will not let my horses to you. You have been round to everybody else, and now you come back to me because you cannot get what you want elsewhere; I will have nothing to do with you." That is man's way of dealing with his fellow man; but it is not the Lord's method of dealing with us. When you and I have gone round to everybody else, the Lord still welcomes us when we come back to Him. Yes, just as harbours of refuge are meant for ships in distress that would not have put in there except for the storm and danger, such is the mercy of the Lord God in Jesus Christ. If you are forced to accept it, you are still welcome to it. If you are driven to it by stress of weather, you may come in, for the harbour was made for just such as you are. ( C. H. Spurgeon.) Parallel Verses KJV: LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.WEB: Yahweh, in trouble they have visited you. They poured out a prayer when your chastening was on them. |
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