“Strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.” — Psalm 68:28

It is our wisdom, as well as our necessity, to beseech God continually to strengthen that which He has wrought in us. It is because of their neglect in this, that many Christians may blame themselves for those trials and afflictions of spirit which arise from unbelief. It is true that Satan seeks to flood the fair garden of the heart and make it a scene of desolation, but it is also true that many Christians leave open the sluice-gates themselves, and let in the dreadful deluge through carelessness and want of prayer to their strong Helper. We often forget that the Author of our faith must be the…

Preserver of it also. The lamp which was burning in the temple was never
allowed to go out, but it had to be daily replenished with fresh oil; in like
manner, our faith can only live by being sustained with the oil of grace, and
we can only obtain this from God Himself. Foolish virgins we shall prove,
if we do not secure the needed sustenance for our lamps. He who built the
world upholds it, or it would fall in one tremendous crash; He who made
us Christians must maintain us by His Spirit, or our ruin will be speedy
and final. Let us, then, evening by evening, go to our Lord for the grace and
strength we need. We have a strong argument to plead, for it is His own
work of grace which we ask Him to strengthen — “that which Thou hast
wrought for us.” Think you He will fail to protect and sustain that? Only
let your faith take hold of His strength, and all the powers of darkness, led
on by the master fiend of hell, cannot cast a cloud or shadow over your joy
and peace. Why faint when you may be strong? Why suffer defeat when
you may conquer? Oh! take your wavering faith and drooping graces to
Him who can revive and replenish them, and earnestly pray, “Strengthen,
O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.”

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