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by L B Cowman
Faith Triumphs
"Under hopeless circumstances he hopefully
believed" (Rom. 4:18). (Weymouth)
Abraham's faith seemed to be in a thorough correspondence with the power and
constant faithfulness of Jehovah. In the outward circumstances in which he was
placed, he had not the greatest cause to expect the fulfillment of the promise.
Yet he believed the Word of the Lord, and looked forward to the time when his
seed should be as the stars of heaven for multitude.
O my soul, thou hast not one single promise only, like Abraham, but a thousand
promises, and many patterns of faithful believers before thee: it behooves thee,
therefore, to rely with confidence upon the Word of God. And though He delayeth
His help, and the evil seemeth to grow worse and worse, be not weak, but rather
strong, and rejoice, since the most glorious promises of God are generally
fulfilled in such a wondrous manner that He steps forth to save us at a time
when there is the least appearance of it.
He commonly brings His help in our greatest extremity, that His finger may
plainly appear in our deliverance. And this method He chooses that we may not
trust upon anything that we see or feel, as we are always apt to do, but only
upon His bare Word, which we may depend upon in every state. --C. H. Von
Bogatzky
Remember it is the very time for faith to work when sight ceases. The greater
the difficulties, the easier for faith; as long as there remain certain natural
prospects, faith does not get on even as easily as where natural prospects fail.
--George Mueller
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