"Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him on high, because he has known My name."
Behold the advantages that the God-loving churchman possesses. He or she is both delivered, and exalted. This does not mean that God's favorites are exempt from trouble, or suffering; but it does mean that they experience or endure it while being enfolded "under the shadow of the Almighty," (v. 1).
True security is found in Christ alone. We will seek in vain to discover it anywhere else. If we love God, we may be sure that He will "out-
love" us.
[Puritan quote of the day: "God can no more converse with an un-
gracious soul than a king can converse with a sow; it is by grace that we keep a constant [communication] with heaven." --Thomas Watson, in his sermon, "The Beauty of Grace"]
