A dear friend was telling me the other day how the Lord spoke peace to his heart. He had been under deep anxiety about his soul and conviction of sin for some time. One night he had gone to meeting with the hope and almost expectation that he might be saved that very night. He had some out of the meeting as hopeless as ever, and stood out alone in the darkness, with sad thoughts as his companions.
He looked up into the bright sky over his head; its beauty and glory caught his attention, and instantly that familiar verse of Scripture, learned perhaps in his childhood, came to him, “The heavens declare the glory of God.” He continued gazing upward and thinking, “All that is the work of God. It shows His power, His wisdom, His glory. Why should not I trust the Word of such an almighty God as that—that Word in which He has told me that if I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ my sins will be forgiven, and I shall be saved?” At once his soul leaped into the joy of the truth, and, quickly seeking out the friend who had been deeply interested in his case, he said, “I am saved,” and told him the simple, blessed story.
Without knowing it, he had really passed, through the teaching of Psalm 19. It begins with the glory of God as shown in the heavens, and then passes to His word, “The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul”; and from that, to Him to whom it all points—the Lord, his Strength, and his Redeemer.
“Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord, my Strength, and my Redeemer.” Psalm 19:1414Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer. (Psalm 19:14).