March 29
Charles Spurgeon · Faith's Checkbook
DAUNTLESS FAITH
"I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee" Acts 18:10
So long as the Lord had work for Paul to do in Corinth, the fury of the
mob was restrained. The Jews opposed themselves and blasphemed; but
they could neither stop the preaching of the gospel, nor the conversion
of the hearers. God has power over the most violent minds. He makes the
wrath of man to praise Him when it breaks forth, but He still more
displays His goodness when He restrains it; and He can restrain it. "By
the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone, till thy
people pass over, O Lord."
Do not, therefore, feel any fear of man when you know that you are
doing your duty. Go straight on, as Jesus would have done, and those
who oppose shall be as a bruised reed and as smoking flax. Many a time
men have had cause to fear because they were themselves afraid; but a
dauntless faith in God brushes fear aside like the cobwebs in a giant's
path. No man can harm us unless the Lord permits. He who makes the
devil himself to flee at a word, can certainly control the devil's
agents. Maybe they are already more afraid of you than you are of them.
Therefore, go forward, and where you looked to meet with foes you will
find friends.