From J. C. Philpot's Daily Portions
July 22 "Our fathers trusted in you--they trusted, and you
delivered them. They cried unto you, and were delivered--they trusted in
you, and were not confounded." Psalm 22:4, 5 O what a blessed thing it is to have in one's own bosom a
secret trust in Jesus--that while so many are looking to something in
themselves or in one another, resting their eternal salvation on works that
really are but the sports of a child, the saint of God is reposing upon the
Lord of life and glory! On him he hangs his hope, and in him he puts his
trust. These the Lord will honor; nor will he ever disappoint their hope or
put their confidence to shame. Whoever trusted in the Lord and was
confounded? If you are enabled to trust in him, to believe his faithful
word, to discard all creature confidence and to hang the weight of your
soul--and O what a weight is that!--upon a faithful, covenant-keeping God,
he will never leave, fail, or forsake you. You may find it hard to trust in
him at all times or indeed at any time. You may feel a desire of something
sensible--something to see or hear, distinct from faith. Look not for this.
We walk by faith, not by sight. It must be a naked trust in an invisible
God. "Some trust in chariots, and some in horses--but we will remember the
name of the Lord our God." And if you are enabled so to trust, he will make
it manifest sooner or later in your own conscience that you are one of the
righteous; light will beam upon your path; glory will dawn upon your heart,
and you will have the end of your faith, even the salvation of your soul.