Zep 3:13 The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
Yesterday
we thought of the afflicted and poor people whom the LORD left to be a
living seed in a dead world.
The prophet says of such that they shall
not work iniquity nor speak lies.
So that while they had neither rank
nor riches to guard them, they were also quite unable to use those
weapons in which the wicked place so much reliance: they could neither
defend themselves by sin nor by subtlety.
What then? Would they
be destroyed? By no means!
They should both feed and rest and be not
merely free from danger but even quiet from fear of evil.
Sheep are very
feeble creatures, and wolves are terrible enemies; yet at this hour
sheep are more numerous than wolves, and the cause of the sheep is
always winning, while the cause of the wolves is always declining.
One
day flocks of sheep will cover the plains, and not a wolf will be left.
The fact is that sheep have a Shepherd, and this gives them provender,
protection, and peace.
None - which means not one, whether in human
or diabolical form "shall make them afraid."
Who shall terrify the
LORD's Rock when He is near?
We lie down in green pastures, for Jesus
Himself is food and rest to our souls.
~Charles Spurgeon~
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