My soul, where would you have
been this day? By John Macduff Romans chapter
8, verses 38 and 39 I am convinced that Neither death nor life,
Neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor
any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all
creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that
is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Satan has desired to have you,
that he might sift you as wheat. But I have pleaded in prayer
for you, Simon, that your faith should not fail. Luke chapter
8, verses 31 and 32. What a scene does this unfold!
Satan tempting, Jesus praying. Satan sifting, Jesus pleading. The strong man assailing, the
stronger than the strong beating him back. Believer, here is the
past history and present secret of your safety in the midst of
temptation. An interceding Savior was at
your side, saying to every threatening wave, thus far shall you go and
no farther. God often permits his people
to be on the very verge of the precipice, to remind them of
their own weakness, but never farther than the brink. The restraining
hand of omnipotence is ready to rescue them. Although he stumbles,
yet he shall not be utterly cast down. And why? For the Lord upholds
him with his right hand. The wolf may be prowling for
his prey, but what can he do when the shepherd is always there,
tending with a watchful eye that neither slumbers nor sleeps?
Who cannot subscribe to the testimony, when my foot was slipping, your
steadfast love, O Lord, held me up. Who can look back on his
past pilgrimage and fail to see it crowded with monuments with
this inscription, you have delivered my soul from death. my eyes from
tears, and my feet from falling. My soul, where would you have
been this day, had you not been kept by the power of God through
faith unto salvation? My sheep listen to my voice.
I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life,
and they shall never perish. No one can snatch them out of
my hand. My Father, who has given them
to me, is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of
my Father's hand." John 10, verses 27-29.