"TRUST YE NOT IN A FRIEND," for even a man's own house is turned against him. But God has not forsaken him. God has promised and He is faithful to His word. He has done so in times past, and what He has done is the pledge of what He will yet do. Besides, He is my Father as well as my God. He knows my nature, He appointed my lot. He has given me the Spirit of grace and supplication. He bids me call upon Him. He has assured me that He "is nigh unto all them that call upon Him, to all that call upon Him in truth." And that "He will fulfil the desire of them that fear Him; He also will hear their cry and will save them." Beloved, let us then call upon God; let us pour out our complaints before Him. Let us present our petitions to Him, seek His help, His presence, and His blessing. He will hear us. Men may become alienated from us; our God never will. Friends may turn a deaf ear to us; our God never can. Let us then come to the same determination as Micah did, and say, "Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me. Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy; when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me."

For Meditation:
Praying on, and never ceasing,
Saviour! I Thy word shall prove;
Blessed with all the gospel blessing,
Filled with holy, heav'nly love.