“Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him.” — Isaiah 3:10
It is well with the righteous ALWAYS. If it had said, “Say ye to the righteous, that it is well with him in his prosperity,” we must have been thankful for so great a boon, for prosperity is an hour of peril, and it is a gift from heaven to be secured from its snares: or if it had been written, “It is well with him when under persecution,” we must have been thankful for so sustaining an assurance, for persecution is hard to bear; but when no time is mentioned, all time is included. God’s “shalls” must be understood always in their largest sense. From the beginning of the year to the end of the year, from the first gathering of evening shadows until the day-star shines, in all conditions and under all circumstances, it shall be well with…
the righteous. It is so well with him that we could not imagine it to bebetter, for he is well fed, he feeds upon the flesh and blood of Jesus; he iswell clothed, he wears the imputed righteousness of Christ; he is wellhoused, he dwells in God; he is well married, his soul is knit in bonds ofmarriage union to Christ; he is well provided for, for the Lord is hisShepherd; he is well endowed, for heaven is his inheritance. It is well withthe righteous — well upon divine authority; the mouth of God speaks thecomforting assurance. O beloved, if God declares that all is well, tenthousand devils may declare it to be ill, but we laugh them all to scorn.Blessed be God for a faith which enables us to believe God when thecreatures contradict Him. It is, says the Word, at all times well with thee,thou righteous one; then, beloved, if thou canst not see it, let God’s wordstand thee in stead of sight; yea, believe it on divine authority moreconfidently than if thine eyes and thy feelings told it to thee. Whom Godblesses is blest indeed, and what His lip declares is truth most sure andsteadfast.
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