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equal gratitude, being confident that it is "that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of
God".
"I have chosen the way of truth;
Thy judgments have I laid before me.
I have stuck unto Thy testimonies;
O Lord, put me not to shame."
Psalm 119: 30, 31.
pp. 63, 64
Every believer has made the first decisive choice. For them there is but one way, the
way of truth. The word of truth, the gospel of their salvation, set their feet on this new
road, and, by grace, this way is now their choice.
Truth to the believer is no speculation; it has been given by inspiration of God.
Perilous times are imminent. A false liberalism is eating out the vitals of the Word; the
leaven is working its corrupting way. One of the greatest perils for the believer now, and
in the future, is that of faltering with regard to the Word of truth.
There is something sterling about the blunt Anglo-Saxon of verse 31, "I have stuck
unto Thy testimonies". It seems to look at apostasy in the face, and defy its seductions,
even as the Lord did the temptations of the Devil by the word, "It is written."
It is blessed to have made the choice of the way of truth; how much more blessed at
the finish of one's course to be able to say, "I have stuck to it". Of all the perils which
beset the believer in these closing days of darkness, none seems more singled out for
scriptural notice than the tendency to give up, to turn back, to fail to stick to the truth.
In the advancing apostasy may we all be enabled to say with the Psalmist, "I have
stuck unto Thy testimonies", and with the apostle, "I have kept the faith", and then with
both we may look forward to that day without fear of shame.