OE 2:23{This principle (and it is a very delightful one) of arguing from what God has done for us to what He will do for us, comes up perpetually in all parts of His Word. If He hath given us the former rain, it is the pledge and proof that "He will cause to come down for us the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain"; the blessing already given shall be continued or repeated, and a fuller future one shall be certainly added. Manoah's wife argued well: "If the Lord were pleased to kill us, He would not.. have showed us all these things, nor told us such things as these." Oh, consider what things the Lord has shown and told you and me! Are they not abounding proofs of His purposes towards us? David made frequent use of the thought, arguing from the less to the greater: "The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion and out of the paw of the bear, He will deliver me out of the hand of the Philistine." Paul gives a close parallel, rising from temporal to spiritual deliverance: "I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work.”
He, who hath won thy heart, will keep it true and free;
He, who hath shown thee what thou art, will show Himself to thee.
He, who hath bid thee live, and made thy life His own,
Life more abundantly will give, and keep it His alone.
He loveth always, faileth never; so rest on Him, today, forever!
He, who hath made thee nigh, will draw thee nearer still;
He, who hath given the first supply, will satisfy and fill.
He, who hath given thee grace, yet more and more will send;
He. who Math set thee in the race, will speed thee to the end.
He loveth always, faileth never; so rest on Him, today, forever.