Faith's Checkbook

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Mar 29

March 29
Dauntless Faith
I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee. (Acts 18:10)
So long as the Lord had work for Paul to do in Corinth, the fury of the mob was restrained. The Jews
opposed themselves and blasphemed, but they could neither stop the preaching of the gospel nor the
conversion of the hearers. God has power over the most violent minds. He makes the wrath of man to
praise Him when it breaks forth, but He still displays His goodness when He restrains it, and He
can restrain it. "By the greatness of thine arm, they shall be as still as a stone, till thy people pass
over, O Lord."
Do not, therefore, feel any fear of man when you know that you are doing your duty. Go straight on,
as Jesus would have done, and those who oppose shall be as a bruised reed and as smoking flax.
Many a time men have had cause to fear because they were themselves afraid, but a dauntless faith
in God brushes fear aside like the cobwebs in a giant's path. No man can harm us unless the Lord
permits. He who makes the devil himself to flee at a word can certainly control the devil's agents.
Maybe they are already more afraid of you than you are of them. Therefore, go forward, and where
you looked to meet with foes you will find friends.