Can a mortal be more righteous
than God? Can a man be more pure than his
maker? If God places no trust in his
servants, if he charges his angels with error, how much more those
who live in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust,
who are crushed more readily than a moth, Job chapter 4 verses
17 to 19. We must ever bear in mind the
infinite distance between us and our holy creator, sustainer,
and redeemer. He is the great, the incomprehensible
God. You are poor sinful worms crushed
before the moth. He is the eternal and infinitely
wise God. You are of yesterday and know
nothing. Get but a proper understanding
of the infinite distance between you and God, and you will take
your proper place at His footstool. You will receive whatever He
shall speak in His blessed Word, with humility and confidence.
You will trust Him for acting with unerring wisdom and goodness,
even when His dispensations are most dark and mysterious. You
will be submissive to His chastisements and obedient to His will as revealed
in His Word. Your insignificance as creatures
will constrain you to bow before Him and to say, He is the Lord. Let Him do what is good in His
eyes. 1 Samuel 3.18 Your vileness as sinners will
make you regard every mercy you enjoy with unbounded gratitude,
and especially that greatest of all mercies the gift of His
only dear Son to die for your sins. With what wonder and admiration
you will embrace His astonishing salvation. With what simplicity
of mind you will live by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. With
what zeal and diligence you will devote yourselves to His service.
We say again, if only God is exalted in your eyes, and you
are abased in the dust, then God will be glorified, and your
souls be blessed, both in time and eternity.