Psalms 27:1. The LORD is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
David leaves the broken cisterns of the earth, which can hold no water, and goes directly to the divine fountain-head. He does not say, "Ahithophel is my light, Uzzia, the Ashterathite, is my friend and my joy; but he says, "Jehovah is my light." Candles soon burn out, but the sun shineth on; and, eventually, "the sun shall he turned into darkness" but Jehovah, our God, is "the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning." David does not say, "Joab is the strength of my life; Benaiah and the Cherethites are my body-guard;" but he says, "Jehovah is the strength of my life, of whom shall I be afraid? "It is the height of Christian faith to find everything good in God, and it is an evil hour for us when we begin to trust anywhere but in him. Build thy foundation for eternity on a firm and unyielding soil, O believer and let every stone that is laid thereon be quarried from the Rock of ages.
Psalms 27:1. The LORD is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
David leaves the broken cisterns of the earth, which can hold no water, and goes directly to the divine fountain-head. He does not say, "Ahithophel is my light, Uzzia, the Ashterathite, is my friend and my joy; but he says, "Jehovah is my light." Candles soon burn out, but the sun shineth on; and, eventually, "the sun shall he turned into darkness" but Jehovah, our God, is "the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning." David does not say, "Joab is the strength of my life; Benaiah and the Cherethites are my body-guard;" but he says, "Jehovah is the strength of my life, of whom shall I be afraid? "It is the height of Christian faith to find everything good in God, and it is an evil hour for us when we begin to trust anywhere but in him. Build thy foundation for eternity on a firm and unyielding soil, O believer and let every stone that is laid thereon be quarried from the Rock of ages.