I will perform my good word towards you; for I know the thoughts that I think towards you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Then you shall pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you, and ye shall seek me and find me; I will turn away your captivity. Jeremiah 29:10-13. For the word of the Lord is right; for he spoke and it was done, he commanded and it stood fast. Psalms 33:4-9.
Were it so light a matter to rely on the faithfulness of God in times of distress, what need to give us so many and various promises? If our faith be right, we must also endure, and wait his time with patience, which certainly is not an easy task. Since the promise of the Lord, not only tarries very often, but sometimes even the counterpart will happen, that Providence goes quite contrary to the word, and seems as if it could not be true at all. And then we must remember that these are the very ways and methods of God, which have been in the deep, and acted per contraria, contrary to our expectation. This the corruption of our nature requires; and the wisdom of God, ever chooses first, to help us inwardly, and prepare us to a right use of his outward helps and favours: and thus we receive always a double blessing at once from his hands.
Who shall pretend to teach him skill,
Or guide the counsels of his will?
His wisdom, like a sea divine,
Flows deep and high beyond our line.
Each of his words demand my faith,
My soul can rest on all he saith,
His truth inviolably keeps
The largest promise of his lips.