Psalms 37:25. I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
I have been young, and though I am not yet old, I can truly say that I have never seen the righteous forsaken. I have, however, seen the seed of the righteous begging bread. David never saw that sad sight, but then he was a king, so he was not likely to see so many beggars as some of us do; yet, still as a general rule, it remains true that the God of the fathers does provide for their children. Of course, if the seed of the righteous become vicious and profligate, as they sometimes do, drunkenness will clothe them with rags and set them among the beggars of the street just as it would if they were the children of ungodly parents; and it may be mercy on the part of God that it should be so, as it was in the case of the prodigal, who never came to himself until he was in want, and his begging of bread was a blessing to him, for it brought him at last to beg to be received again into his father’s household. Still, there are blessings that are meant for us and for our seed also, as Paul and Silas said to the jailor at Philippi, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house."
Psalms 37:25. I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
I have been young, and though I am not yet old, I can truly say that I have never seen the righteous forsaken. I have, however, seen the seed of the righteous begging bread. David never saw that sad sight, but then he was a king, so he was not likely to see so many beggars as some of us do; yet, still as a general rule, it remains true that the God of the fathers does provide for their children. Of course, if the seed of the righteous become vicious and profligate, as they sometimes do, drunkenness will clothe them with rags and set them among the beggars of the street just as it would if they were the children of ungodly parents; and it may be mercy on the part of God that it should be so, as it was in the case of the prodigal, who never came to himself until he was in want, and his begging of bread was a blessing to him, for it brought him at last to beg to be received again into his father’s household. Still, there are blessings that are meant for us and for our seed also, as Paul and Silas said to the jailor at Philippi, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house."