“Hitherto hath the Lord helped us” (1 Sam. 7:12).
This is the language of the believer as he looks back.
“A very present help in trouble” is his stay for today; and, as he thinks of the future, “I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee” assures him that all will be provided for, to the end of the journey.
Thus what God has been, is, and will be, become the comfort and support of the heart.
Loved as Christ is loved; “The Eternal God” for his refuge; the “Everlasting arms” underneath; the shelter of “His wings” above; “covered all day long,” like Benjamin; pillowed on “His breast,” like John; “kept as the apple of His eye,” like Israel; surely each believer’s experience should be that of Naphtali, “Satisfied with favor, and full with the blessing of the Lord.”