Confidence Evil-doing Extortion Faith Goods Heart Hope Hopes Increase Increased Increaseth Oppression Pride Profits Rewards Riches Robbery Stolen Thereon Though Trust Vain Vainly Wealth Wrongly
62:10 Trust not in oppression, and {h} become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart [upon them].
(h) Give yourselves wholly to God by putting away all things that are contrary to his law.
62:10 Vain - Feeding yourselves with vain hopes of felicity, from those riches which you take from others by violence.
62:8-12 Those who have found the comfort of the ways of God themselves, will invite others into those ways; we shall never have the less for others sharing with us. the good counsel given is, to trust wholly in God. We must so trust in him at all times, as not at any time to put that trust in ourselves, or in any creature, which is to be put in him only. Trust in him to guide us when in doubt, to protect us when in danger, to supply us when in want, to strengthen us for every good word and work. We must lay out wants and our wishes before him, and then patiently submit our wills to his: this is pouring out our hearts. God is a refuge for all, even for as many as will take shelter in him. The psalmist warns against trusting in men. The multitude, those of low degree, are changeable as the wind. The rich and noble seem to have much in their power, and lavish promises; but those that depend on them, are disappointed. Weighed in the balance of Scripture, all that man can do to make us happy is lighter than vanity itself. It is hard to have riches, and not to trust in them if they increase, though by lawful and honest means; but we must take heed, lest we set our affections unduly upon them. A smiling world is the most likely to draw the heart from God, on whom alone it should be set. The consistent believer receives all from God as a trust; and he seeks to use it to his glory, as a steward who must render an account. God hath spoken as it were once for all, that power belongs to him alone. He can punish and destroy. Mercy also belongs to him; and his recompensing the imperfect services of those that believe in him, blotting out their transgressions for the Redeemer's sake, is a proof of abundant mercy, and encourages us to trust in him. Let us trust in his mercy and grace, and abound in his work, expecting mercies from him alone.
Confidence Evil-Doing Extortion Faith Goods Heart Hope Hopes Increase Increaseth Oppression Pride Profits Rewards Riches Robbery Stolen Thereon Trust Vain Vainly Wealth Wrongly
Confidence Evil-Doing Extortion Faith Goods Heart Hope Hopes Increase Increaseth Oppression Pride Profits Rewards Riches Robbery Stolen Thereon Trust Vain Vainly Wealth Wrongly
