Deuteronomy 8:4. Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.
What a wonderful experience the Israelites had in the wilderness! They were always fed, though in a waste howling wilderness, dry and barren. They always had water following them from that stream which flowed out of the flinty rock, from Which you might sooner have expected to strike fire than to obtain water. And as for their garments, they did not wear out. They had no shops to go to, and they were unable to make new clothes in the wilderness, on account of their frequent moving to and fro; yet were they always clad; and, though they were a host of weary pilgrims, marching backwards and forwards for forty years, yet their feet did not swell. Oh, what a mercy that was! "He keepeth the feet of his saints." Has it not been so with you also, dear friends? You have said, "What shall I do if I live so long, and if I have to bear so many troubles, and make so many marches through the very valley of the shadow of death?" What will you do? Why, you will do as you have done! Trust in God, and go on. You shall be fed, and you shall be upheld even unto the end.
Deuteronomy 8:4. Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.
What a wonderful experience the Israelites had in the wilderness! They were always fed, though in a waste howling wilderness, dry and barren. They always had water following them from that stream which flowed out of the flinty rock, from Which you might sooner have expected to strike fire than to obtain water. And as for their garments, they did not wear out. They had no shops to go to, and they were unable to make new clothes in the wilderness, on account of their frequent moving to and fro; yet were they always clad; and, though they were a host of weary pilgrims, marching backwards and forwards for forty years, yet their feet did not swell. Oh, what a mercy that was! "He keepeth the feet of his saints." Has it not been so with you also, dear friends? You have said, "What shall I do if I live so long, and if I have to bear so many troubles, and make so many marches through the very valley of the shadow of death?" What will you do? Why, you will do as you have done! Trust in God, and go on. You shall be fed, and you shall be upheld even unto the end.