"The LORD God will help me" (Isaiah 50:7).
These are in prophecy the words of Messiah in the day of His obedience
unto death, when He gave His back to the smiters and His cheeks to them
that plucked off the hair. He was confident in divine support and
trusted in Jehovah. O my soul, thy sorrows are as the small dust of the
balance compared with thy LORD's! Canst thou not believe that the LORD
God will help thee? Thy LORD was in a peculiar position; for as the
representative of sinful men -- their substitute and sacrifice -- it was
needful that the Father should leave Him and cause Him to come under
desertion of soul. No such necessity is laid upon thee: thou art not
bound to cry, "Why hast thou forsaken me?" Did thy Savior even in such a
case still rely upon God, and canst not thou? He died for thee and thus
made it impossible that thou shouldst be left alone; wherefore, be of
good cheer. In this day's labors or trials say, "The LORD God will help
me." Go forth boldly. Set your face like a flint and resolve that no
faintness or shamefacedness shall come near you. If God helps, who can
hinder? If you are sure of omnipotent aid, what can be too heavy for
you? Begin the day joyously, and let no shade of doubt come between thee
and the eternal sunshine.
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