One verse per line Red Letter Cross References Footnotes Strongs Numbers Hide Verse Numbers Close. "I am with thee," poor, feeble thing as thou art.IV. )God a backgroundLife of R. W. Dale.Dr. Yet are there special occasions when the Comforter's work is needed, and one of these certainly is when we are racked with much physical pain. How He becomes their God, and upon what terms. In the strength of heavenly food and drink" Elijah "went forty days and forty nights."4. Who then can lay us low? "I am" — what? The young officer who was fighting by the side of an old veteran was surprised to find his face blanched with fear. In certain instances the habit of fearing has reached a monstrous growth.6. "Yea, I will help thee." D.)God's all-sufficiency a reason for fearlessnessJ. I answer, No. Fear Not, You Worm Jacob! They were spoken —1. Though I have spoken of my text as a harp yielding rarest music, yet IT NEEDS THAT THE EAR BE TUNED BEFORE ITS MUSIC CAN BE APPRECIATED. Talk about destitution, there are none so destitute as those who have no God.(C. We shall both get safely home or neither."3. He preferred death, when the executioner brought in the poison cup, the friends who were gathered round him wept, and Socrates alone was calm. ( C. H. When you suffer, you suffer not a new pang; Christ knew that pain long ago.2. If one have fear, he loses both courage and hope; and in this state no valuable work can be done. Fear sometimes arises from a sense of personal weakness. The greatest courage often goes along with the keenest sense of danger. Trapp. It may be asked why does the Christian fear? Still less is it likely that sinful creatures should be fearless. But to reassure you and make you feel how safe you are, see here!" WE SHALL NOTE THE TIMES WHEN ITS SWEET STRAINS ARE MOST NEEDED. Fearing, they could lie down and kiss the flowers, because the place is so suitable to their meek and lowly spirit. 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If He favour and command it, how can it ever cease? Let us enter our home — enter and be comforted, as all helpless things are, to find their source of supply so near. )I will help theeGod's "I willsJ. "Fear thou not; be not dismayed." Deus vult, said Peter the Hermit, and for two centuries the Crusades flamed on high.3. Yet are there special occasions when the Comforter's work is needed, and one of these certainly is when we are racked with much physical pain. There is the assurance of God's presence.2. The first encouragement, then, is found in the Divine presence: "I am with thee."2. Some of us know what it is to hear this voice of God in the midst of unusual responsibilities, heavy labours, and great enterprises.5. There is a way by which the Lord can be with His people, which is best of all, namely, by sensible manifestations of His presence, imparting joy and peace which surpass all understanding.III. It almost always results from unbelief, the sin of sins.2. He knows himself: every day he lives he makes discoveries of his character that fill him with shame and sorrow. And we get gold wherever we like, and we get iron wherever we like, and we get coal wherever we can. "I am afraid," was the reply; "and if you were half as afraid as I am you would run." )I will help theeGod's "I willsJ. In the strength of heavenly food and drink" Elijah "went forty days and forty nights."4. He preferred death, when the executioner brought in the poison cup, the friends who were gathered round him wept, and Socrates alone was calm. Spurgeon. I have read of those who bathe in those baths of Germany which are much impregnated with iron, that they have felt after bathing as if they were made of iron, and were able in the heat of the sun to cast off the heat as though they were dressed in steel. Did you never feel the delight of saying, "The best of all is, God is with us; and, in the name of God, instead of folding up the standard, we will set up our banners." )The sweet harp of consolationWe sometimes speak very lightly of doubts and fears; but such is not God's estimate of them- Our Heavenly Father evidently considers them to be great evils, extremely mischievous to us, and exceedingly dishonourable to Himself, for He very frequently forbids our fears, and as often affords us the most potent remedies for them. There is something sadly weak about this state of experience, though there is also much to admire: these are they whom the Master carries in His bosom, and doth gently lead. 8). When you suffer, you suffer not a new pang; Christ knew that pain long ago.2. Pulsford.God can be God and fearless, but we can scarcely be creatures and fearless. There is no left-hand work with God; no sinister work; it is all right-hand work with Him. Know you what this meaneth? Talk about destitution, there are none so destitute as those who have no God. God is with us.2. The narrower path – the only path that leads to hope and joy – requires that we not trust our feelings of discouragement and despair. Some of us know what it is to hear this voice of God in the midst of unusual responsibilities, heavy labours, and great enterprises.5. )I will help theeGod's "I willsJ. A VERY COMMON DISEASE OF GOOD MEN — FEAR.1. Garrett.I. But to reassure you and make you feel how safe you are, see here!" The guide has said, "You are trembling, sir, but the way is safe; I have passed it many a time with many a traveller as weak as you are. In the strength of heavenly food and drink" Elijah "went forty days and forty nights.". Minor Prophets -------------------- Heaven is full of "Fear nots." Even the strongest of God's servants are sometimes the subjects of fear (1 Kings 19:4).II. They delight most to dwell in the Valley of Humiliation; and when they are journeying through that peaceful vale, like Mr. A VERY COMMON DISEASE OF GOOD MEN — FEAR.1. Did you ever stand, as a servant of God, alone in the midst of opposition? Tyler, thanks for leading us in worship with strengthening and encouraging songs. Jack the Giant Killer is a story of perennial interest to the children. Men fear they may lose all they have in the world, and they know very well that if they lose their property they usually lose their friends. 1. "Well," said he, "if it were I, Martin Luther, and the Pope of Rome who had to fight it out, I might well despair; but if it be the Pope against Martin Luther and Martin Luther's God, then woe be unto Antichrist." Do you say, "If this be so, then ignorance is bliss"? It is not every man that understands the delights of harmony, even in ordinary music. It was as though an unseen bodyguard encompassed him, and his enemies despaired of attaining their end. In the old days of the post horses, there were always relays of swift horses ready to carry onward the king's mails. There is not an angel in heaven but feels as he thinks of God that he is all safe. Your fellow-men may ridicule you because you have become religious.2. Spurgeon. If fear finds food within, it also readily finds food without. "I AM." )Helpful presenceJ. Garrett. "Well," said he, "if it were I, Martin Luther, and the Pope of Rome who had to fight it out, I might well despair; but if it be the Pope against Martin Luther and Martin Luther's God, then woe be unto Antichrist." MEDITATE MUCH UPON THE SWEETNESS OF THOSE NOTES.1. THE DIVINE PROVISION FOR THEIR NEED. Let us lay aside the thought that we have any power, and remember that from first to last it is all of grace. Let us lay aside the thought that we have any power, and remember that from first to last it is all of grace. R. Macduff, D. D."Strengthen," "help," "uphold," a trinity of Divine forces, a triple wall of Divine protection. Then there are these things that surround us, and those people who constitute the world around.3. God can, if He wills it, put Samson's strength into an infant's arm.4. They are plants which flourish best in shady places, among the damps of sorrow. A VERY COMMON DISEASE OF GOOD MEN — FEAR.1. Neither ought we to fear the sins of others. God promised Moses that His presence should go with him; and without that, said Moses, send me not up.2. C. Ford, M. A.There is no virtue more highly and widely esteemed than courage, and no vice more generally detested than cowardice. Poverty, sickness, etc.5. They need them in every stage of their journey, every moment of their lives, every step they take. One of the finest things that one finds after affliction is when the strength is returning and weakness is departing. Joseph in Egypt, or Daniel in Babylon, would have been destroyed by their enemies, and would never have become prime ministers but for the Divine interposition.5. Temporal calamity often visits the people of God.5. God can, if He wills it, put Samson's strength into an infant's arm.4. Trapp.I will, I will, I will. In your trade you may have to pass through much tribulation.3. To these every honey-dropping word of this text belongs.I. This is also the virtue which children most admire. It is Jehovah that speaks, who created the universe and governs it still. "I go as alone," wrote General Gordon, as he started from Cairo to Khartoum, "with an infinite almighty God to direct and guide me, and I am so called to trust in Him, as to fear nothing, and, indeed, to feel sure of success. "I AM." 4. M. Brown, LL. Happy indeed are they who bathe in the bath of such a promise as this, "I am with thee!"5. For i am thy god. "Fear thou not; be not dismayed." So away he went, and picked out one of the biggest volumes — Caryl on Job or Poli Synopsis, I should think — and when he had climbed a step or two up the stairs, down he sat and began to cry. It is the power to say "No."II. Birch. IT DISCOURAGES OTHERS (Numbers 13:31-33; Numbers 14:1). "(Life of R. W. Never mind, I must go over hedge and ditch to call the sinner to Jesus.(W. IT IS UNNECESSARY. I do not say that our knowledge causes our danger, I only say it produces our fear. 8).2. M. Brown, LL. There is not an angel in heaven but feels as he thinks of God that he is all safe. (2)It is prejudicial to all religious duties: it is a damper to prayer.It makes all duties merely selfish. If, now, you read from verse 10, you will see who it is that promises help. Major Prophets So, when the Lord gives us a work to do, we are glad to do it, but our strength is not equal to the work, and then we sit down and cry, and it comes to this, that our blessed Father carries the work and carries the little man too, and then it is all done and done gloriously. Garrett.)CourageR. This is a very natural, and in some respects a very proper fear. Men fear they may lose all they have in the world, and they know very well that if they lose their property they usually lose their friends. "For I am thy God." Why, the father had to go to the rescue, and carry both the great book and the little man. Know you what this meaneth? We are afraid because the dangers seem so great, or the work so hard, and ourselves so weal But we forget who is for us — more than all that can be against us.1. The young man being reckless of danger himself, asked with considerable surprise, "You are not afraid, are you?" MEDITATE MUCH UPON THE SWEETNESS OF THOSE NOTES.1. Socrates was condemned to drink the hemlock cup because he taught the youth of Athens noble truths about God, which were esteemed by the authorities as heresy. There is no left-hand work with God; no sinister work; it is all right-hand work with Him. )Helpful presenceJ. We begin to need it in many ways as soon as we are born, and we never cease to need it as long as we live.(J. (Homiletic Review. Individual instructors or editors may still require the use of URLs. M. Brown, LL. His knowledge of you is even more exact than is the watchmaker's knowledge of the delicate machinery which he takes apart and puts together again.II. Fear kept the Israelites out of the promised land.IV. BECAUSE HE IS ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP. Dale of Birmingham, towards the close of his life, made the following entry in his diary: "Of course, when Sir Andrew Clark was sent for, and — and — came, I understood that my position was regarded as critical. Martin Luther used to say, that to comfort a desponding spirit is as difficult as to raise the dead; but, then, we have a God who both raises the dead from their graves and His people from their despair. Spurgeon. If the work on which we have set our hearts is God's work, He will send to our aid all the succour we need.5. "I am with thee in deepest sympathy." Courage displays itself in many ways. 4. See what liberties we take with God's earth — We get stones wherever we like. And then all that is with it and all that it introduces is righteousness. If the work on which we have set our hearts is God's work, He will send to our aid all the succour we need.5. "(Sunday School Chronicle. )God's helpA minister was one day bringing his books upstairs into another room, for he was going to have his study on the first floor, instead of downstairs, and his little boy wanted to help father carry some of the books. To the ordinary eye it is probable that there would appear no difference. It is with us as it is with the timid traveller in the Alps, who is attended by a faithful guide. If a gardener is afraid to sow his seed he will have no flowers, or if the farmer is afraid to plough he will have no crop. Spurgeon. It weakens the believer's influence and so causes mischief to others.III. God will renew not merely such strength as is natural to us, but a surplusage of strength for special service. Newton, D. D.)Our HelperJ. What does it mean?1. Pulsford.God can be God and fearless, but we can scarcely be creatures and fearless. God is in the quarrel of the man who attacks error; God is in the quarrel of the man who is trying to do good, to reclaim his fellow-creatures from sin, and to establish the kingdom of Christ. Temporal calamity often visits the people of God.5. Pain lost half its terror, and seemed to expect its dismission, once he stood by the sick.(J. Be Thou My Vision The Prayer of Every Christian. The guide has said, "You are trembling, sir, but the way is safe; I have passed it many a time with many a traveller as weak as you are. Then there are these things that surround us, and those people who constitute the world around.3. Did you never feel the delight of saying, "The best of all is, God is with us; and, in the name of God, instead of folding up the standard, we will set up our banners." )God's helpA minister was one day bringing his books upstairs into another room, for he was going to have his study on the first floor, instead of downstairs, and his little boy wanted to help father carry some of the books. Then there are these things that surround us, and those people who constitute the world around.3. If a boy is afraid it is of no use to try for the prize, he will not get it. He always could help them if He saw it best. So, when the Lord gives us a work to do, we are glad to do it, but our strength is not equal to the work, and then we sit down and cry, and it comes to this, that our blessed Father carries the work and carries the little man too, and then it is all done and done gloriously. Did you ever stand, as a servant of God, alone in the midst of opposition? Fear is ruinous to our work.III. ITS GROUND.1. Know you what this meaneth? "I," the person speaking, is our God and Saviour; and "thee," the person spoken to, means everybody who needs His help and seeks it. There are four reasons why Jesus is the best Helper.I. TRIBULATION STRENGTHENS GOD'S PEOPLE.III. Life is full of frightening situations. Birch. Why, faith can look forward to it without a single tremor; she fears not, for she hears the voice of the everlasting God saying to her, "I am with thee." "I am with thee."1. Trapp. This is a very natural, and in some respects a very proper fear. "I am with thee," poor, feeble thing as thou art.IV. Oh, the rhetoric of God! Fearfulness of spirit casts many slanders upon God. What does the prophet tell us in regard to our covenant-keeping God? ( C. H. WHAT THE FRUIT OF FEAR IS; or what prejudice or disadvantage fear and dismayedness bring along with them. Am's" and 3 "I will's" in this passage. Occasions when comfort is needed are many; for some there be, who, like the willow, will only flourish in a soil which is always wet with consolation. To these every honey-dropping word of this text belongs. "(Sunday School Chronicle. Fear is ruinous to our work.III. It may be seen in maintaining unpopular opinions amid difficult or dangerous circumstances, or in meeting death with unblanched cheek. It injures yourself.4. )Fear and its antidote — To whom are these words spoken? Nor is hero-worship a thing unknown among older people.I. If a gardener is afraid to sow his seed he will have no flowers, or if the farmer is afraid to plough he will have no crop. We shall stand, for God upholds us. You are not alone, because God is with you.2. There is the assurance of God's presence.2. Themes in Isaiah 41:10 × Go Go. Away then with fear for ever.(R. The young man being reckless of danger himself, asked with considerable surprise, "You are not afraid, are you?" "( C. H. While you have all things else but this, you have the rays of the sun; while you have this, you have the sun itself in its brightness and lustre. "Yea, I will help thee." Two of our Lord's disciples once displayed the courage of ignorance. )God's helpA minister was one day bringing his books upstairs into another room, for he was going to have his study on the first floor, instead of downstairs, and his little boy wanted to help father carry some of the books. In the strength of heavenly food and drink" Elijah "went forty days and forty nights."4. 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