73 Hitherto the Lord has helped me!
"I was pushed back and about to fall—but the Lord helped me!"Psalms 118:13
If He had not helped me—then what would have become of me?
Yes, the Lord helped me . . .
before I knew His name,
before I sought His face,
before I ventured my soul on the finished work of His beloved Son!
But since that happy period,
in how many instances,
in how many ways,
by what a variety of instruments,
has He helped me!
If He had not helped me, then . . .
conviction would have driven me to despair;
Satan would have led me captive at his will;
inbred lusts would have gained the ascendency;
my circumstances would have been too much for me;
I would have been locked up in the fires of hell!
But He said, "I will help you!" And I have ever found him to be "a very present help in times of trouble!"
Here I lift up my Ebenezer, and, to the honor of his faithful love, say, "
Surely then I may with confidence conclude, that He will help me in time to come, and exclaim as David did, "Surely God is my help! The Lord is the one who sustains me!" Psalms 54:4. Or rejoice and say, "Because You have been my help, therefore in the shadow of Your wings will I rejoice."
"I was pushed back and about to fall—but the Lord helped me!"