"O VISIT ME WITH THY SALVATION." This is a short but powerful prayer. There is very much wrapped up in it. It is poverty appealing to wealth, misery to mercy, the necessitous to a friend. If the Lord remember us, He will preserve us from evils, deliver us from dangers, help us in difficulty, supply us in want, and comfort us in sorrow. If the Lord remember us, then it is not of much consequence who forgets us. He is more than all creatures, and enough in the absence of all. But He does remember us, and remembers that we are dust, that we are weak, dependent, and often severely tried. He remembers His covenant, His promises, the sufferings of His dear Son, and the relation in which we stand to Him. Still we may plead to be remembered, that we may share in the gifts of His providence, in the bestowment of His grace, and in the proofs of His love. We should pray that He will remember to pardon our sins, to visit our souls, to revive our spirits, to reward our labours, and to fill us with all joy and peace in believing, that we may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Remember me, O Lord, and preserve me from all danger this night, and raise me on the morrow in fullness of faith.
For Meditation:
Thou wondrous Advocate with God,
I yield my soul to Thee;
While Thou art pleading at His throne
Dear Lord, remember me.