"Thou
Hast Dealt Well With Thy Servant, O Lord, According Unto Thy Word."
Psalm 119:65
Let every redeemed sinner who serves God
with a willing heart acknowledge the Lord's unfailing goodness to him. Truly,
he has dealt well with all his servants, according to his Word. In addition to
the immeasurable riches of his grace to us in Christ, our great God has
constantly loaded our days with goodness in providence! He promised,
"There shall no evil happen to the just." And no evil has ever
befallen one of God's elect. Much that we experience appears to be evil at the
time. We may, in our unbelief, even look upon it as evil. But God has proved himself faithful. Looking back upon the things we thought
were most evil at the time we experienced them, we now can say, "I thank
God that happened. I praise him for that experience. By it good has come to me
and good has come to a brother here and a sister there."
It is good to acknowledge the good when we
see it; but it is far better and far more honoring to God, to acknowledge the
goodness of his providence when nothing good can be seen, except by the eye of
faith. When I can look up to my Father with tears burning my cheeks and sorrow
crushing my heart and say with confident faith, "Thou hast dealt well with
thy servant," then I will have proved the reality of my faith.
Child of God, whatever your God has done
or allowed to be done for you, with you, or to you, he has done you good. The
same is true of me. So let us, with glad hearts, acknowledge now what we will
acknowledge when all things are set in their true light - "Thou hast dealt
well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word."
Don Fortner