Psalms 39:10. Remove thy stroke away from me:
The child of God, who is perfectly resigned to his heavenly Father’s will may yet pray to be delivered from his trouble. Prayer for deliverance from grief is quite consistent with perfect submission to the will of God. We may pray, for Jesus prayed, "O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me;" but we must take care also to add, "Nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt."
Psalms 39:10. I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
"Thou hast beaten me sorely; oh, smite me not again!" This is good pleading, for God does not mean to consume his own children. He means to consume our sins, and when he makes us cry, "Deliver me from all my transgressions," and when we submit to his holy will, he will soon put his rod away. As soon as you are willing to bear it, you shall not have to hear it any longer. When you submit yourself to the stroke, then the stroke will cease to be given.
Psalms 39:10. Remove thy stroke away from me:
The child of God, who is perfectly resigned to his heavenly Father’s will may yet pray to be delivered from his trouble. Prayer for deliverance from grief is quite consistent with perfect submission to the will of God. We may pray, for Jesus prayed, "O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me;" but we must take care also to add, "Nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt."
Psalms 39:10. I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
"Thou hast beaten me sorely; oh, smite me not again!" This is good pleading, for God does not mean to consume his own children. He means to consume our sins, and when he makes us cry, "Deliver me from all my transgressions," and when we submit to his holy will, he will soon put his rod away. As soon as you are willing to bear it, you shall not have to hear it any longer. When you submit yourself to the stroke, then the stroke will cease to be given.