A Friend Who Never Sends His People Away

We read about David in Psalm 77, “I remembered God, and was troubled” (Psalm 77:3a). There are people who seem to receive something every day. God’s poor people seldom receive anything. Do you know how much they receive? In general, as much as is needed to keep them from despair and to keep them bound to heaven. Yet, it appears with God’s people that with all the distress, with all the strife, and with all the sorrow, they have a refuge in the blessed wounds and under the wings of the righteousness of Christ. They sing of Him:

Who has not turned my prayer from Him,

Nor yet His grace from me.

He is a Friend who never sends His people away. Oh souls, when you can no longer find answers anywhere, when everything seems lost and you become so anxious that you fear one day to fall into the hands of Saul, you may feel free to call upon Him, for He will not turn you away; His gates stand open day and night. Just lay your concerns before His countenance. Pour out your heart before Him. He is a refuge at all times.

Has the Lord once spoken in your life, even though it was just one word? Then you may say, “Remember the word unto Thy servant, upon which Thou hast caused me to hope” (Psalm 119:49). God’s people are so anxious for the Lord to speak in their lives. Yet, both in need and in death, in living and dying, they have a refuge in God. They may come to Him with all their needs. Spoken with respect, these people are not afraid of God. A time has come in their life that the middle wall of partition has been broken down. They are able to sing with the poet in Psalm 43 (Psalter 417):

Then at Thy sacred altar bending,

My heart to God in prayer I’ll raise

With harp and voice in worship blending,

Thy courts resound, while psalms, ascending

To God, my highest joy, bring praise

For all His wondrous ways.

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