The Lord openeth the eyes of the
blind: the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down. (Psalm l46:8)
Am I bowed down? Then let me urge this word of grace before
the Lord. It is His way, His custom, His promise, His delight, to raise up them
that are bowed down. Is it a sense of sin and a consequent depression of spirit
which distresses me? Then the work of Jesus is, in this case, made and provided
to raise me up into rest. O Lord, raise me, for Thy mercy's sake!
Is it a sad bereavement or a great fall in circumstances?
Here again the Comforter has undertaken to console. What a mercy for us that
one Person of the sacred Trinity should become the Comforter! This work will be
well done since such a glorious One has made it His peculiar care.
Some are so bowed down that only Jesus can loose them from
their infirmity, but He can, and He will, do it. He can raise us up to health,
to hope, to happiness. He has often done so under former trials, and He is the
same Savior and will repeat His deeds of loving kindness. We who are today
bowed down and sorrowful shalt yet be set on high, and those who now mock at us
shall be greatly ashamed. What an honor to be raised up by the Lord! It is
worthwhile to be bowed down that we may experience His upraising power.
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