An Interesting Testimony

My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise. fixed: or, prepared - Psalms 57:7

    My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed.

    I do not know whether your experience is similar to mine; but I find myself, on the whole, more stable in spiritual things than I used to be. I remember when I used to have great heights of joy followed by great sinking of spirit and utter prostration of soul. Well, I still have both these experiences, but not often for either of them. On the whole, I find my heart calmly and quietly resting upon the promises of God, neither unduly delighted at the prospects of the joys of heaven nor too much depressed by the cares of the world, the responsibilities of my ministry, nor the sin that still troubles me, but just simply resting upon the promises of God in the Rock, Christ Jesus.

    I still have fears and concerns, and I have the comforting assurance of salvation, but not like the ecstatic raptures that were characteristic of my early faith. I regard this as evidence of a growth in grace. Children are very much excited over matters which a full-grown man scarcely notices, and the spiritual child is swayed by winds which have little effect upon the mature believer!