Psalm 27:10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up. Change is earth's perpetual motto. It is grown on her ever-varying seasons; it gives material for her daily history; and it marks with chequered and subtle lines the biographies of her happiest sons. It were an unprofitable question to inquire how far, apart from religious considerations, man is the better for this law of change. He loves it not. He would be content with a much smaller amount of earthly comforts could they but be made permanent and secure for him. But this security never can be given, and even where it is given to the largest extent possible to human circumstances, men are restless and discontented still, always desiring something other than it is. But as this desire of change tells us that we are not as our Creator made us, so the existence of change tells us that this world is not our home. In heaven we shall require no change, and it will furnish none. There will be progression, but not change. The soul may be nearing ira approaches to the blessedness and purity of its Author, without ever finding the terminus of its own perfection, or feeling that it can expand no more. But here the soul is subject to change. Now it soars aloft on hope's joyous pinion; now falls, with its broken wing, into the pit of despair. And who of all men knew the vicissitudes of life more than the author of this psalm? But David had learned when earthly joys failed him to set his heart on heavenly ones. Let us, then, consider — I. THE PRECARIOUS TENURE IN WHICH WE HOLD EVERY EARTHLY BLESSING. Health, life, possessions, intellect, home affections — what security have we that any of these things will last? Do we not know how easily they may, any or all of them, be broken in upon and lost? II. THE SUFFICIENCY OF THE CHRISTIAN'S PORTION WHEN ALL OTHER BLESSINGS FAIL. God seems to say, "I must remind them that this is not their home: I must cause that cherished object to forsake them, in order that My infinite mercy may take them up." But we may be certain that the Christian's portion is sufficient because: 1. Of the comprehensiveness of the Divine assurances. 2. Of the perfections of the Divine character. 3. The intercession of our great High Priest, Jesus Christ our Lord. (Daniel Moore, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.WEB: When my father and my mother forsake me, then Yahweh will take me up. |
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