Psalms 119:19. I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
Do you see the drift of that? He says, "I .am a stranger here. Then, Lord, if thou do not become, and continue to be, my acquaintance, I am altogether alone." It is true of the Christian that he cannot find anything here that can satisfy his soul. He must, therefore, have the Lord, or else he is in a very sorry case. Oh! beloved, the more you find yourselves strangers in this world, the more are you becoming like your God. The Psalmist says elsewhere, "For I am a stranger with thee," not "to thee," but "with thee, like thee," for God is a stranger in this world. Men do not recognize him or delight themselves in him. "So, since, Lord, I have no other friend, and can find no other satisfying portion, hide not thy commandments from me. On the contrary, let me see the more of thee, because I have nothing else."
Psalms 119:19. I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
Do you see the drift of that? He says, "I .am a stranger here. Then, Lord, if thou do not become, and continue to be, my acquaintance, I am altogether alone." It is true of the Christian that he cannot find anything here that can satisfy his soul. He must, therefore, have the Lord, or else he is in a very sorry case. Oh! beloved, the more you find yourselves strangers in this world, the more are you becoming like your God. The Psalmist says elsewhere, "For I am a stranger with thee," not "to thee," but "with thee, like thee," for God is a stranger in this world. Men do not recognize him or delight themselves in him. "So, since, Lord, I have no other friend, and can find no other satisfying portion, hide not thy commandments from me. On the contrary, let me see the more of thee, because I have nothing else."