A tiny insect at the door of My all-sufficiency

(Charles Spurgeon)

"Do not be afraid, O worm Jacob, O little Israel, for 
 I Myself will help you," declares the LORD, your
 Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel." Isaiah 41:14

Let us hear the Lord Jesus speak to each one of us: 

"I Myself will help you! It is but a small thing for Me,
your God, to help you. Consider what I have done
already. What! not help you? Why, I bought you with
My blood! What! not help you? I have died for you!
And if I have done the greater, will I not do the less?
What! not help you? I have done more, and will do more.
Before the world began I chose you. I laid aside My glory
and became a man for you. I gave up My life for you! And
if I did all this, I will surely help you now! In helping you,
I am giving you what I have bought for you already. If you
had need of a thousand times more help, I would give it to
you. You require little compared with what I am ready to
give. It is much for you to need, but it is nothing for Me
to bestow. What! not help you? Don't be afraid! If there
were an ant at the door of your granary asking for help,
it would not ruin you to give him a handful of your wheat;
and you are nothing but a tiny insect at the door of My
all-sufficiency. I Myself will help you!"

O my soul, is not this enough? Do you need more strength than the omnipotence of the United Trinity? Do you need
more wisdom than exists in the Father; more love than
displays itself in the Son; or more power than is manifest
in the influences of the Spirit? Bring here your empty pitcher!
Surely this river will fill it. Hasten! gather up your needs, and
bring them all here—your emptiness, your woes, your wants!
Behold, this river of God is full for your supply! What can you
desire besides? Go forth, my soul, in this your might—the
Eternal God is your helper!

"Do not be afraid, O worm Jacob, O little Israel, for 
 I Myself will help you," declares the LORD, your
 Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel." Isaiah 41:14

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