We must fly to God!

(Thomas Watson, "His Heart is Fixed")

"Deliver me, O Lord, from my enemies. 
 I will fly to You to hide me." Ps. 143:9

Faith is the heart-strengthening grace. If we 
trust in God aright, then, in all our danger—
we will fly to God. 

There are some who, when trouble arises—fly 
to their own wisdom and ability. Alas! Whatever 
else we trust besides God, will never shelter us 
in an hour of danger. There is no trusting in riches. Proverbs 23:5, 
"Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, 
for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to 
the sky like an eagle."

There is no trusting in friends; they may die, 
or, which is worse, they may deceive. Our Lord 
Jesus was betrayed by a friend.

There is no trusting in great men. "It is better 
to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in 
princes." Psalm 118:9.

There is no trusting in our own hearts. Why, 
alas! the heart is full of lust, full of deceit! It 
is a bosom traitor! "He who trusts in his own 
heart is a fool!" Proverbs 28:26

Oh! We must fly to God! My brethren, trust in 
God! He alone, is a never-failing refuge. A little 
boat, while it is tied fast to a large rock—is very 
safe. So, when the soul is tied by faith to Christ 
Jesus, the Rock of Ages—then it is safe. "My God 
is the Rock of my refuge." Psalm 46:11
Faith shores up the heart when it is likely to sink. 
Oh! Get this heart-fixing grace of faith. Thus you 
will be undaunted even in the worst of times and 
dangers.

When Satan shoots his fiery darts of temptation, 
then we must fly under Christ's wing to shelter us! 

When a hawk pursues the dove, it casts itself into 
the clefts of the rock—and there it hides. So, when 
Satan pursues us with temptation, we get into the 
bleeding wounds of Christ, these clefts of the Rock 
—and there we rest and are safe. 

"Deliver me, O Lord, from my enemies. 
 I will fly to You to hide me." Ps. 143:9

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